Praxiteles

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English

The Aphrodite of Knidos, one of Praxiteles’ most famous sculptures.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Prāxitelēs, from Ancient Greek Πρᾱξῐτέλης (Prāxitélēs).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Praxiteles

  1. (Ancient Greece) The most renowned of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century BCE, and the first to sculpt the nude female form in a life-size statue.
  2. (astronomy) A crater on the planet Mercury measuring 182 km in diameter.
  3. (astronomy) A main-belt asteroid discovered in 1973.

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Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Πρᾱξῐτέλης (Prāxitélēs).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Prāxitelēs m sg (genitive Prāxitelis); third declension

  1. Praxiteles (a celebrated Greek sculptor)

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Descendants

  • English: Praxiteles
  • French: Praxitèle

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