Praxiteles
English
The Aphrodite of Cnidus, one of Praxiteles’ most famous sculptures.
Etymology
From the Latin Prāxitelēs, from the Ancient Greek Πρᾱξῐτέλης (Prāxitélēs).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /pɹakˈsɪtɪliːz/
Proper noun
Praxiteles
- The most renowned of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century BC, and the first to sculpt the nude female form in a life-size statue.
- A crater on the planet Mercury measuring 182 km in diameter.
- A main-belt asteroid discovered in 1973.
Translations
Attic sculptor of the 4th C. BC
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crater on Mercury
main-belt asteroid
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Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Πρᾱξῐτέλης (Prāxitélēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /praːkˈsi.te.leːs/
Proper noun
Prāxitelēs m (genitive Prāxitelis); third declension
- Praxiteles (a celebrated Greek sculptor)
Declension
Third declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Prāxitelēs |
| genitive | Prāxitelis |
| dative | Prāxitelī |
| accusative | Prāxitelem |
| ablative | Prāxitele |
| vocative | Prāxitelēs |
Related terms
- Prāxitelīus
Descendants
- English: Praxiteles
- French: Praxitèle
References
- Praxĭtĕles in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Praxĭtĕlēs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,234/1
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