doxographer

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noun

A classical historian who describes the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.

OriginNew Latin doxographus ← Ancient Greek δόξα →
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Meanings

noundoxographer (plural doxographers)

plural doxographers

  1. A classical historian who describes the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekδόξα“opinion, belief”
  2. New Latindoxographus
  3. Englishdoxographer

Borrowed from New Latin doxographus, itself coined by German classicist Hermann Diels in 1879 from Ancient Greek δόξα (dóxa, “opinion, belief”) + -γράφος (-gráphos, “writer”), originally in reference specifically to the tradition stemming from Theophrastus, + -er. By surface analysis, doxography + -er.

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Translations

Catalan doxògraf, doxògrafa
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French doxographe
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Italian dossografo
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Romanian doxograf
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Cite this entry
APA

doxographer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doxographer

MLA

“doxographer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doxographer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doxographer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doxographer.

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