empirice
Latin
Etymology 1
From the Ancient Greek ἐμπειρῐκή (empeirĭkḗ, “the doctrine of the Empiric school of physicians”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛmˈpiː.rɪ.keː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [emˈpiː.ri.t͡ʃe]
Noun
empīricē f (genitive empīricēs); first declension
- (medicine) medical empiricism (a system of medicine founded wholly on experience and practice)
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | empīricē | empīricae |
| genitive | empīricēs | empīricārum |
| dative | empīricae | empīricīs |
| accusative | empīricēn | empīricās |
| ablative | empīricē | empīricīs |
| vocative | empīricē | empīricae |
Related terms
References
- “empīrĭce”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 1 empīrĭca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “587/1”
- “empīricus · b” on page 606/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Etymology 2
A regularly declined form of empīricus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛmˈpiː.rɪ.kɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [emˈpiː.ri.t͡ʃe]
Noun
empīrice m
- vocative singular of empīricus