apostolus

Latin

Apostoli

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “one who is sent”; “messenger”, “envoy”, “ambassador”; “Apostle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.to.lus/, [äˈpɔs̠t̪ɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.to.lus/, [äˈpɔst̪olus]

Noun

apostolus m (genitive apostolī); second declension

1. a notice sent to a higher tribunal or judge
2. Apostle

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	apostolus	apostolī
Genitive	apostolī	apostolōrum
Dative	apostolō	apostolīs
Accusative	apostolum	apostolōs
Ablative	apostolō	apostolīs
Vocative	apostole	apostolī

Descendants

• Asturian: apóstol
• Breton: abostol
• Catalan: apòstol
• Cornish: abostol
• English: apostle
• Friulian: apuestul
• Galician: apóstolo
• Italian: apostolo
• → Middle Dutch: apostel
  • Dutch: apostel
• → Old English: apostol, postol (apheresis)
  • Middle English: apostol, apostel
• Old French: apostle
  • French: apôtre
    • Haitian Creole: apòt
  • Norman: apôtre
• → Old Frisian: apostol
  • West Frisian: apostel
  • → Old Norse: postuli, postoli
    • Icelandic: postuli
• → Old High German: apostolo
  • German: Apostel
• Old Irish: apstal
  • Irish: aspal
  • Manx: ostyl
  • Scottish Gaelic: abstol, ostal
• → Old Polish: apostoł
  • → Polish: apostoł
• Portuguese: apóstolo
• Sicilian: apòstulu
• Spanish: apóstol
• Welsh: abostol, abostl

References

• “apostolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• apostolus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• apostolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• apostolus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016