Praxiteles

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The most renowned of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century BCE, and the first to sculpt the nude female form in a life-size statue.
  2. A crater on the planet Mercury measuring 182 km in diameter.
  3. A main-belt asteroid discovered in 1973.

Pronunciation

/pɹakˈsɪtɪliːz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Praxiteles.wav

Word forms

Praxiteles

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Prāxitelēs, from Ancient Greek Πρᾱξῐτέλης (Prāxĭtélēs).

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