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Stagirite

/ˈstæd͡ʒɪɹʌɪt/

Stagirite noun: someone from Stagira.

Noun

Stagirite (plural Stagirites)

  1. Someone from Stagira.

Proper noun

Stagirite

  1. Aristotle.
    • It was thus a sound insight into the thought framework of the great Stagirite that led the anti-Aristotelian writers of the Renaissance, and later preeminently Descartes and Spinoza, to attack the Platonic/Aristotelian conception of the embodiment of value in nature and the modern logical...2000 June, Nicholas Rescher, “Optimalism and Axiological Metaphysics”, in The Review of Metaphysics, LIII, № 4, § ii, page 812

Forms of Stagirite

pluralStagirites
alternative formStagyrite

Origin of Stagirite

From the Latin Stagirites, from the Ancient Greek Σταγιριτης (Stagiritēs, “natives of Stagira”), from Σταγειρος (Stageiros, “Stagira”).

Questions about Stagirite

What does Stagirite mean?
Stagirite means someone from Stagira.
What part of speech is Stagirite?
Stagirite can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Stagirite?
Stagirite is pronounced /ˈstæd͡ʒɪɹʌɪt/.
What is the plural of Stagirite?
The plural of Stagirite is Stagirites.

Words near Stagirite in the dictionary

  1. staging post
  2. staging posts
  3. stagings
  4. stagione
  5. Stagira
  6. Stagirite
  7. Stagirites
  8. Stagirus
  9. stagism
  10. stagist
  11. Stagliano

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