Xenocrates

[ zuh-nok-ruh-teez ]

/ zəˈnɒk rəˌtiz /

noun

396–314 b.c., Greek philosopher.

Related forms

Xen·o·crat·ic

[zen-uh-krat-ik] /ˌzɛn əˈkræt ɪk/, Xe·noc·ra·te·an, adjective

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Examples from the Web for xenocrates

At the age of eighteen he went to Athens, where the Platonic school was flourishing under the lead of Xenocrates.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6|Various
Plato advised Xenocrates, a man rather austere but in all other respects a fine fellow, to sacrifice to the Graces.
Plutarch's Morals|Plutarch
Accordingly, there were some laws for banquets laid down by Xenocrates, in the Academy, and again by Aristotle.
The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athenus|Athenus
It is found in the theories of Speusippus, Xenocrates, and also to some extent in those of the Peripatetics.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7|Various

He afterwards succeeded his master, sent for both Aristotle and Xenocrates, and treated them with kindness.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume II (of 3)|Strabo

British Dictionary definitions for xenocrates

Xenocrates

/ (zɛˈnɒkrəˌtiːz) /

noun

?396–314 bc, Greek Platonic philosopher

Derived Forms

Xenocratic (ˌzɛnəˈkrætɪk), adjective

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