Peripatetic

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词形变化

Peripatetics 复数 Peripatetics

别名

peripatetic Peripatetick

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A disciple of Aristotle.

    历史
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or pertaining to the philosophy or methods of Aristotle, or to his followers.

词汇关系

词源

From Latin peripatēticus, from Ancient Greek περίπατος (perípatos, “strolling, covered walk, conversation while walking”), from περιπατέω (peripatéō, “to walk around”), from περί (perí, “around”) + πατέω (patéō, “to walk”). Aristotle’s school was sometimes called the περιπατητικοί (peripatētikoí) "those who are prone to walking" or οἱ ἐκ τοῦ περιπάτου (hoi ek toû peripátou, “those from the walk”) in reference either to his supposed habit of teaching while traversing the περίπατοι (perípatoi, “walkways”) of the Lyceum or simply to the walkways themselves with which the school became associated.

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