Eleatic

English

Etymology

From Latin eleaticus, from Elea or Velia (“a place name in Italy”).

Adjective

Eleatic (comparative more Eleatic, superlative most Eleatic)

Of or relating to a certain school of Ancient Greek philosophers who taught that the only certain science is that which owes nothing to the senses, and all to the reason.

Translations

German: eleatisch

Swedish: eleatisk (sv)

Noun

Eleatic (plural Eleatics)

A philosopher of the Eleatic school.

Translations

German: Eleate (de) m

Swedish: eleat c

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Eleatic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)