Heraclitus

English

Alternative forms

Heracleitus (after the Classical Greek spelling)

Etymology

From Latin Hēraclītus, from Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειτος (Hērákleitos).

Pronunciation

enPR: hĕr'əklīʹtəs,[1] IPA^(key): /ˌhɛɹ.əˈklaɪ.təs/,[2]
(Latinate) IPA^(key): /he(ɪ).ɹɑ(ː)ˈkli(ː).tus/, /hɛɹ.əˈkli(ː).təs/

Proper noun

Heraclitus

An Ancient Greek male given name, notably borne by Heraclitus of Ephesus, a pre-Socratic Ionian philosopher

Derived terms

Heraclitean

Translations

given name

Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλειτος m (Hērákleitos)
Armenian: Հերակլիտ (Heraklit)
Old Armenian: Հերակղիտոս (Herakłitos)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 赫拉克利特 (zh) (Hèlākèlìtè)
Czech: Hérakleitos m, Herakleitos m
Finnish: Herakleitos
French: Héraclite (fr) m
German: Heraklit m

Greek: Ηράκλειτος (el) m (Irákleitos)
Italian: Eraclito
Latin: Hēraclītus m
Portuguese: Heráclito (pt) m
Russian: Геракли́т (ru) m (Geraklít)
Spanish: Heráclito (es) m
Swedish: Herakleitos
Turkish: Heraklitos, Heraklit, Heraklitus
Welsh: Heraclitos m

References

“Her·a·cli·tus” listed in the American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language [4^th Ed.]
“Her⋅a⋅cli⋅tus” defined by Dictionary.com Unabridged

Anagrams

archilutes

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειτος (Hērákleitos).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /heː.raːˈkliː.tus/, [heː.raːˈkliː.tʊs]
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Proper noun

Hērāclītus m (genitive Hērāclītī); second declension

An ancient Greek given name.
The philosopher Heraclitus.

Descendants

→ English: Heraclitus
→ French: Héraclite
- → German: Heraklit
- → Polish: Heraklit
- → Turkish: Heraklit
→ Italian: Eraclito
→ Portuguese: Héraclito
→ Spanish: Héraclito

References

Heraclitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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