I. |elē|ad.ik adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Latin Eleaticus (also, of Elea), from Greek Eleatikos, from Eleatēs of Elea (from Elea — Velia — ancient town in southern Italy) + -ikos -ic
: of or relating to a school of Greek philosophers founded by Parmenides and developed by Zeno who principally asserted the unity of being and the unreality of motion or change — compare parmenidean
II. noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
: an Eleatic philosopher