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
Further reading
Praxiteles (sculptor) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Praxiteles (crater) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Praxiteles (asteroid) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- terapixels
Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Πρᾱξῐτέλης (Prāxitélēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /praːkˈsi.te.leːs/, [präːkˈs̠ɪt̪ɛɫ̪eːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /prakˈsi.te.les/, [präkˈsiːt̪eles]
Proper noun
Prāxitelēs m sg (genitive Prāxitelis); third declension
- Praxiteles (a celebrated Greek sculptor)
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| 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
Further reading
- Praxiteles on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la