Heraclitus

English

Alternative forms

• Heracleitus (after the Classical Greek spelling)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Heraclitus

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

Derived terms

• Heraclitean

Translations

given name

• Armenian: Հերակլիտ (Heraklit)

  Old Armenian: Հերակղիտոս (Herakłitos)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 赫拉克利特 (zh) (Hèlākèlìtè)

• Czech: Hérakleitos (cs) m, Herakleitos (cs) m
• Finnish: Herakleitos
• French: Héraclite (fr) m
• Georgian: ჰერაკლიტე (heraḳliṭe)
• German: Heraklit m
• Greek: Ηράκλειτος (el) m (Irákleitos)

  Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλειτος m (Hērákleitos)

• Italian: Eraclito m
• Japanese: ヘラクレイトス (Herakureitosu)
• Korean: 헤라클레이토스 (Herakeulleitoseu)
• Latin: Hēraclītus m
• Polish: Heraklit m
• Portuguese: Heráclito (pt) m
• Russian: Геракли́т (ru) m (Geraklít)
• Spanish: Heráclito (es) m
• Swedish: Herakleitos
• Turkish: Heraklitos, Heraklit, Heraklitus
• Ukrainian: Гераклі́т m (Heraklít)
• Welsh: Heraclitos m

Anagrams

• archilutes

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειτος (Hērákleitos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /heː.raːˈkliː.tus/, [heːräːˈklʲiːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.raˈkli.tus/, [eräˈkliːt̪us]

Proper noun

Hērāclītus m sg (genitive Hērāclītī); second declension

1. An ancient Greek given name.
2. The philosopher Heraclitus.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hērāclītus
Genitive	Hērāclītī
Dative	Hērāclītō
Accusative	Hērāclītum
Ablative	Hērāclītō
Vocative	Hērāclīte

Descendants

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

References

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