- of or relating to Elea, an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, or the school of philosophers which flourished there in about the 5th century BC, including Xenophanes, Parmenides, and Zeno.(与)埃利亚(有关)的(意大利西南部的古希腊城市); (与)埃利亚学派(有关)的(盛行于约公元前5世纪的哲学流派, 包括色诺芬尼、巴门尼德和芝诺等人)。
- an Eleatic philosopher埃利亚学派哲学家。
词源
late 17th cent.: from Latin Eleaticus, from Elea.