parabolanus
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
parabolanus (plural parabolani)
- (historical, Christianity) In the early Eastern Church, a lay assistant to the clergy for tending the sick.
- 1880, Sir William Smith, A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities, volume 3, page 1551:
- In the quarrel between Cyril and Orestes, A.D. 416, the parabolani, zealously espousing the cause of their bishop, threw the city of Alexandria into such confusion that the inhabitants despatched an envoy to Theodosius II., begging him to issue a prohibition for the bishop to leave Alexandria, as his was the only authority by which their violence could be checked.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
parabolus (“a daredevil or reckless fellow”) + -ānus (“-ian”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pa.ra.boˈlaː.nus/, [päräbɔˈɫ̪äːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.ra.boˈla.nus/, [päräboˈläːnus]
Noun edit
parabolānus m (genitive parabolānī); second declension
- a (male) sick-nurse, especially in infectious diseases
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | parabolānus | parabolānī |
Genitive | parabolānī | parabolānōrum |
Dative | parabolānō | parabolānīs |
Accusative | parabolānum | parabolānōs |
Ablative | parabolānō | parabolānīs |
Vocative | parabolāne | parabolānī |
Descendants edit
- Ancient Greek: πᾰρᾰβολᾶνοι (parabolânoi)
References edit
- “părăbŏlānus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- parabolanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- parabolanus in Ramminger, Johann (2024 May 9 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Further reading edit
- Parabolani on Wikipedia.Wikipedia