Democriteanadj.n.

Brit.

/dᵻˌmɒkrᵻˈtiːən/, U.S.

/dᵻˌmɑkrəˈtiən/

Forms:

α. 1600s Democratian, 1600s–1700s Democritian.

β. 1600s– Democritean, 1700s Democratean, 1700s Democretean.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Dēmocritēus , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Dēmocritēus (also Dēmocritīus) of or attached to Democritus ( < Hellenistic Greek Δημοκρίτειος of or relating to Democritus < ancient Greek Δημόκριτος (classical Latin Dēmocritus) Democritus, the name of an ancient Greek philosopher of the 5th and early 4th centuries b.c. + -ειος, suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix.In α. forms after Middle French Democritien, adjective (1572 in the passage translated in quot. 1603 at sense A.; French Démocritien); compare -ian suffix. In forms in -crat- perhaps by association with democracy n., democratic adj.

Ancient Greek Philosophy.

A. adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of Democritus or his philosophy, esp. his atomic theory of matter (see atomic adj. 1a).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > pre-Socratic schools of philosophy > [adjective] > specific schools or philosophers

Pythagorical1570

Pythagorean1579

Anaxagorean1586

Pythagoric1589

Empedoclean1599

Democritean1603

Democritala1617

Democritical1650

atomical1653

Italic1662

Democritish1668

Anaximandrian1678

atomic1678

Democritic1678

Heraclitic1678

hylopathian1678

Parmenidean1678

Heracliticala1688

atomistic1695

Eleatic1695

atomistical1707

acousmatic1753

Pythagorico-Platonic1760

Zenonic1779

Heraclitean1791

neopythagorean1863

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1111 The whole treatise of naturall things, was called Democritian [Fr. Democritien; Gk. Δημοκρίτειον], because hee light first upon the principles, and met with the primitive fountaines and foundations of nature.

1663 G. Harvey Archelogia Philosophica Nova I. i. iii. 11 Des Cartes, a Frenchman, whose Study was most Mathematical and Physical, or rather a Mixture of a Pythagorean and Democritean Philosophy.

1703 J. Browne Mod. Pract. Physick Vindicated 79 It will be very necessary to enquire into and examine the Cartesian System, and compare it with the Democretean Philosophy.

1734 N. Tindal tr. D. Cantemir Hist. Growth & Decay Othman Empire I. i. iii. 31/1 Saadi Effendi..being a great Mathematician and vers'd in the Democratean Philosophy.

1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. iii. 473 The Democritean notions of actual images which..pass from the object to the sense.

1888 J. Martineau Study Relig. I. ii. i. 214 A physiologist so Democritean as Haeckel.

1905 Times 31 Aug. 7/4 Does not..the Democritean void..again emerge?

1940 G. Gamow Birth & Death of Sun ii. 56 If anything was left of the Democritean ideas of indivisibility and permanence, these attributes were now moved deeper into the atomic interior.

2000 Isis 91 450 There is also an altogether different factor that helped Democritean atomism in its re-emergence from underneath the many centuries of Peripatetic refutations.

B. n.

A follower or adherent of Democritus or his philosophy or theories.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > pre-Socratic schools of philosophy > [noun] > Presocratic philosopher or adherent > of specific schools

Ionic1483

Pythagorean1531

Pythagorist1576

Italic1594

physiologer1598

Democritean1603

atomist1610

Pythagoric1652

physiologist1653

acousmatic1660

mathematic1660

Pythagorite1660

Anaxagorean1678

Anaximandrian1678

atomic1678

Heraclitic1678

Parmenidean1678

Pythagorician1678

hylopathian1809

atomician1850

neopythagorean1891

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1111 For a long time Epicurus called himselfe a Democritian, like as others also doe say.

1670 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. II iv. v. 440 At first indeed admiring the Doctrine of Democritus he professed himself a Democritian.

1758 tr. Cicero Tusculan Disputations ii. 114 He will reflect on Anaxarchus, the Democritian, who having fallen into the hands of Nicocreon king of Cyprus, without the least entreaty or refusal submitted to every kind of torture.

1839 A. J. W. Morrison tr. H. Ritter Hist. Anc. Philos. III. x. iv. ii. 401 Epicurus..was content to mix with the other philosophers who taught at Athens, without claiming the merit of teaching an original system of his own, simply calling himself a Democritean.

1888 Arch. Rev. 1 180 Suidas is wrong in distinguishing between Bolus the Democritean and Bolus the Mendesian; for a work of Bolus the Mendesian could hardly have been ascribed to Democritus, if the writer had not belonged to Democritus' school.

1959 F. S. C. Northrop Complexity Legal & Ethical Experience xv. 197 Book VII of Euclid's Elements..is the portion of Greek mathematical physics that was the creation of the Democriteans.

2007 G. Roskam Live Unnoticed i. 17 If there is to be found any trace of the ideal of an ‘unnoticed life’ before Epicurus, it is probably in Democritus and the Democriteans.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	democritean
释义	Democriteanadj.n. Brit. /dᵻˌmɒkrᵻˈtiːən/, U.S. /dᵻˌmɑkrəˈtiən/ Forms: α. 1600s Democratian, 1600s–1700s Democritian. β. 1600s– Democritean, 1700s Democratean, 1700s Democretean. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Dēmocritēus , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Dēmocritēus (also Dēmocritīus) of or attached to Democritus ( < Hellenistic Greek Δημοκρίτειος of or relating to Democritus < ancient Greek Δημόκριτος (classical Latin Dēmocritus) Democritus, the name of an ancient Greek philosopher of the 5th and early 4th centuries b.c. + -ειος, suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix.In α. forms after Middle French Democritien, adjective (1572 in the passage translated in quot. 1603 at sense A.; French Démocritien); compare -ian suffix. In forms in -crat- perhaps by association with democracy n., democratic adj. Ancient Greek Philosophy. A. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Democritus or his philosophy, esp. his atomic theory of matter (see atomic adj. 1a). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > pre-Socratic schools of philosophy > [adjective] > specific schools or philosophers Pythagorical1570 Pythagorean1579 Anaxagorean1586 Pythagoric1589 Empedoclean1599 Democritean1603 Democritala1617 Democritical1650 atomical1653 Italic1662 Democritish1668 Anaximandrian1678 atomic1678 Democritic1678 Heraclitic1678 hylopathian1678 Parmenidean1678 Heracliticala1688 atomistic1695 Eleatic1695 atomistical1707 acousmatic1753 Pythagorico-Platonic1760 Zenonic1779 Heraclitean1791 neopythagorean1863 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1111 The whole treatise of naturall things, was called Democritian [Fr. Democritien; Gk. Δημοκρίτειον], because hee light first upon the principles, and met with the primitive fountaines and foundations of nature. 1663 G. Harvey Archelogia Philosophica Nova I. i. iii. 11 Des Cartes, a Frenchman, whose Study was most Mathematical and Physical, or rather a Mixture of a Pythagorean and Democritean Philosophy. 1703 J. Browne Mod. Pract. Physick Vindicated 79 It will be very necessary to enquire into and examine the Cartesian System, and compare it with the Democretean Philosophy. 1734 N. Tindal tr. D. Cantemir Hist. Growth & Decay Othman Empire I. i. iii. 31/1 Saadi Effendi..being a great Mathematician and vers'd in the Democratean Philosophy. 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. iii. 473 The Democritean notions of actual images which..pass from the object to the sense. 1888 J. Martineau Study Relig. I. ii. i. 214 A physiologist so Democritean as Haeckel. 1905 Times 31 Aug. 7/4 Does not..the Democritean void..again emerge? 1940 G. Gamow Birth & Death of Sun ii. 56 If anything was left of the Democritean ideas of indivisibility and permanence, these attributes were now moved deeper into the atomic interior. 2000 Isis 91 450 There is also an altogether different factor that helped Democritean atomism in its re-emergence from underneath the many centuries of Peripatetic refutations. B. n. A follower or adherent of Democritus or his philosophy or theories. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > pre-Socratic schools of philosophy > [noun] > Presocratic philosopher or adherent > of specific schools Ionic1483 Pythagorean1531 Pythagorist1576 Italic1594 physiologer1598 Democritean1603 atomist1610 Pythagoric1652 physiologist1653 acousmatic1660 mathematic1660 Pythagorite1660 Anaxagorean1678 Anaximandrian1678 atomic1678 Heraclitic1678 Parmenidean1678 Pythagorician1678 hylopathian1809 atomician1850 neopythagorean1891 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1111 For a long time Epicurus called himselfe a Democritian, like as others also doe say. 1670 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. II iv. v. 440 At first indeed admiring the Doctrine of Democritus he professed himself a Democritian. 1758 tr. Cicero Tusculan Disputations ii. 114 He will reflect on Anaxarchus, the Democritian, who having fallen into the hands of Nicocreon king of Cyprus, without the least entreaty or refusal submitted to every kind of torture. 1839 A. J. W. Morrison tr. H. Ritter Hist. Anc. Philos. III. x. iv. ii. 401 Epicurus..was content to mix with the other philosophers who taught at Athens, without claiming the merit of teaching an original system of his own, simply calling himself a Democritean. 1888 Arch. Rev. 1 180 Suidas is wrong in distinguishing between Bolus the Democritean and Bolus the Mendesian; for a work of Bolus the Mendesian could hardly have been ascribed to Democritus, if the writer had not belonged to Democritus' school. 1959 F. S. C. Northrop Complexity Legal & Ethical Experience xv. 197 Book VII of Euclid's Elements..is the portion of Greek mathematical physics that was the creation of the Democriteans. 2007 G. Roskam Live Unnoticed i. 17 If there is to be found any trace of the ideal of an ‘unnoticed life’ before Epicurus, it is probably in Democritus and the Democriteans. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1603
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