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- Ancient Greek · derived fromΠρᾱξῐτέλης
- Latin · borrowed fromPrāxitelēs
- English todayPraxiteles
Borrowed from Latin Prāxitelēs, from Ancient Greek Πρᾱξῐτέλης (Prāxĭtélēs).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Borrowed from Latin Prāxitelēs, from Ancient Greek Πρᾱξῐτέλης (Prāxĭtélēs).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.