# Praxiteles

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /pɹakˈsɪtɪliːz/

## Definitions
1. 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.
2. A crater on the planet Mercury measuring 182 km in diameter.
3. A main-belt asteroid discovered in 1973.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Prāxitelēs, from Ancient Greek Πρᾱξῐτέλης (Prāxĭtélēs).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/praxiteles