Xenocrates

[ zuh-nok-ruh-teez ]

/ zəˈnɒk rəˌtiz /

396–314 b.c., Greek philosopher.

OTHER WORDS FROM Xenocrates

Xen·o·crat·ic

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

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

Xenocrates

/ (zɛˈnɒkrəˌtiːz) /

?396–314 bc, Greek Platonic philosopher

Xenocratic (ˌzɛnəˈkrætɪk), adjective