Anaximenes

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus; the pupil of Anaximander. He taught that the basic element of which the world is composed is the air.

Word forms

Anaximenes

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀναξιμένης (Anaximénēs).

Related words

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.