catechumenus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κατηχούμενος (katēkhoúmenos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.teːˈkʰuː.me.nus/, [kät̪eːˈkʰuːmɛnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.teˈku.me.nus/, [kät̪eˈkuːmenus]

Noun

catēchūmenus m (genitive catēchūmenī); second declension

1. catechumen

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	catēchūmenus	catēchūmenī
Genitive	catēchūmenī	catēchūmenōrum
Dative	catēchūmenō	catēchūmenīs
Accusative	catēchūmenum	catēchūmenōs
Ablative	catēchūmenō	catēchūmenīs
Vocative	catēchūmene	catēchūmenī

Related terms

• catēchismus

References

• “catechumenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• catechumenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.