empirice

Latin

Etymology 1

From the Ancient Greek ἐμπειρῐκή (empeirikḗ, “the doctrine of the Empiric school of physicians”).

Alternative forms

empīrica

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /emˈpiː.ri.keː/, [ɛmˈpiː.rɪ.keː]

Noun

empīricē f (genitive empīricēs); first declension

(medicine) medical empiricism (a system of medicine founded wholly on experience and practice)

Declension

First declension, Greek type.

Case	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) IPA^(key): /emˈpiː.ri.ke/, [ɛmˈpiː.rɪ.kɛ]

Noun

empīrice m

vocative singular of empīricus

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