Empedocles
ἐκ Χάεος δ' Ἔρεβός τε μέλαινά τε Νὺξ ἐγένοντο... (Hesiod's Theogony 123) → From Chasm, Erebos and black Night came to be...
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἐμπεδοκλῆς, -κλέους, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Empĕdŏcles: is (
I gen. -cli, Gell. 4, 11, 9; acc. -clem, Cic. Ac. 1, 12, 44; -clen, id. ib. 2, 5, 14 al.), m., = Ἐμπεδοκλῆς, a famous natural philosopher of Agrigentum, about 460 B. C., Lucr. 1, 716 sq.; Cic. N. D. 1, 12; id. de Or. 1, 50, 217; id. Tusc. 1, 9, 19; Quint. 1, 4, 4; 3, 1, 8; Plin. 29, 1, 4, § 5; Gell. 17, 21, 14; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 20; id. A. P. 465.—Hence,
II Empĕdoclēus, a, um, adj., Empedoclean: sanguis (acc. to his doctrine, the soul), Cic. Tusc. 1, 17 fin.— Subst.: Empĕdoclēa, ōrum, n., Empedoclean doctrines, id. Q. Fr. 2, 11 fin.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Empĕdŏclēs,¹⁴ is, m. (Ἐμπεδοκλῆς), Empédocle philosophe d’Agrigente] : Cic. Tusc. 1, 19 || -ēus, a, um, d’Empédocle : Cic. Tusc. 1, 41 ; Empedoclea, n. pl. Cic. Q. 2, 11, 3, doctrine d’Empédocle.
Latin > German (Georges)
Empedoclēs, is u. ī, Akk. em u. ēn u. ea, m. (Εμπεδοκλης), ein berühmter griechischer Philosoph u. Dichter aus Agrigentum (Girgenti) auf Sizilien, Lehrer des Gorgias, Verfasser eines Gedichtes über die Natur der Dinge, Lucr. 1, 716 sq. Cic. de or. 1, 217. Hor. ep. 1, 12, 20. – Genet. -clī, Gell . 4, 11. § 9 u. 10. Apul. apol. 27: Akk. -clem, Cic. Acad. 1, 12, 44 u. de nat. deor. 1, 93. Cels. 1. praef. p. 2, 13 D.: Akk. -clēn, Cic. Acad. 2, 14: griech. Akk. -clea, Quint. 1, 4, 4 H. – Dav.