Christus
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin Christus, from Koine Greek Χριστός (Khristós), calque of Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈkrɪs.tʏs/
- (some orthodox Protestants and Orthodox Christians) IPA(key): /ˈxrɪs.tʏs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Chris‧tus
Proper noun edit
Christus m
- (Christianity) Christ, Messiah (Christian title for Jesus of Nazareth)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin Christus. Widely displaced the inherited form Christ (from Middle High German Krist) since the 16th century, as the latter had become homophonous with the word for “Christian” (Middle High German kriste(n)).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Christus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Christi or Christus' or (with an article) Christus)
- (Christianity) Christ (Jesus seen as the messiah)
Declension edit
- Obsolete Latinate declension:
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Christus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós), proper noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “the anointed one”), a calque of Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”) and Biblical Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʾ).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʰriːs.tus/, [ˈkʰriːs̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkris.tus/, [ˈkrist̪us]
Proper noun edit
Chrīstus m sg (genitive Chrīstī); second declension
- (Christianity) Christ (Jesus)
- Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, 1:1:
- initium evangelii Jesu Christi Filii Dei
- "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God"
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Chrīstus |
| Genitive | Chrīstī |
| Dative | Chrīstō |
| Accusative | Chrīstum |
| Ablative | Chrīstō |
| Vocative | Chrīste |
Synonyms edit
- (Christ): Iēsūs
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Breton: Krist
- → Catalan: Crist
- → Cornish: Krist
- → Czech: Kristus
- → Danish: Kristus
- → Dutch: Christus
- → Galician: Cristo
- → German: Christus
- → Luxembourgish: Christus
- → Faroese: Kristus
- → Finnish: Kristus
- Italian: Cristo
- → Latvian: Kristus
- → Lithuanian: Kristus
- → Middle French: Christ
- French: Christ
- → Norman: Christ
- → Old English: Crist, Krist; ᛣᚱᛁᛋᛏ
- → Old Irish: Críst
- → Polish: Chrystus
- → Portuguese: Cristo
- → Slovene: Kristus
- → Spanish: Cristo
- → Swedish: Kristus
- → Welsh: Crist
- → Malayalam: ക്രിസ്തു (kristu)
References edit
- “Christus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Christus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Samuel Birch, Dictionary of the Hieroglyphics, pp. 415-416
- Jean-François Champollion, Grammaire Egyptienne, page 86
Luxembourgish edit
Alternative forms edit
- Chrëschtes (archaic to obsolete)
Etymology edit
From German Christus, from Latin Christus.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Christus m
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- Chrëscht (see there for more)