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Translingual
Wikispecies
Etymology
Latin Leucippus, from Ancient Greek Λεύκιππος (Leúkippos)
Proper noun
Leucippus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – certain hummingbirds.
Hypernyms
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
English
Proper noun
Leucippus
- (philosophy) an Ancient Greek philosopher from Miletus, the founder of atomism and the first thinker in western history to consider determinism as a possibility, disciple of Zeno of Elea
- a son of Hercules
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Λεύκιππος (Leúkippos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Leucippus m sg (genitive Leucippī); second declension
- The father of Phoebe and Hilaira, who were carried off by Castor and Pollux
- A son of Hercules
- A Grecian philosopher, disciple of Zeno of Elia
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- “Leucippus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Leucippus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.