Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leucippus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: leu-cip-pus
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

an Ancient Greek philosopher from Miletus, the founder of atomism and the first thinker in western history to consider determinism as a possibility, disciple of Zeno of Elea

name

a son of Hercules

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Questions

What does leucippus mean?: an Ancient Greek philosopher from Miletus, the founder of atomism and the first thinker in western history to consider determinism as a possibility, disciple of Zeno of Elea

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