neophytus
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Koine Greek νεόφυτος (neóphutos), from Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new, young”) + φῠτόν (phŭtón, “plant, tree”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [neˈɔ.pʰy.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [neˈɔː.fi.t̪us]
Adjective
editneophytus (feminine neophyta, neuter neophytum); first/second-declension adjective
- newly-planted
- newly-converted to Christianity
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | neophytus | neophyta | neophytum | neophytī | neophytae | neophyta | |
genitive | neophytī | neophytae | neophytī | neophytōrum | neophytārum | neophytōrum | |
dative | neophytō | neophytae | neophytō | neophytīs | |||
accusative | neophytum | neophytam | neophytum | neophytōs | neophytās | neophyta | |
ablative | neophytō | neophytā | neophytō | neophytīs | |||
vocative | neophyte | neophyta | neophytum | neophytī | neophytae | neophyta |
Noun
editneophytus m (genitive neophytī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | neophytus | neophytī |
genitive | neophytī | neophytōrum |
dative | neophytō | neophytīs |
accusative | neophytum | neophytōs |
ablative | neophytō | neophytīs |
vocative | neophyte | neophytī |
Descendants
edit- → Catalan: neòfit
- → Dutch: neofiet
- → English: neophyte
- → French: néophyte
- → Italian: neofita
- → Portuguese: neófito
- → Sicilian: neofita
- → Spanish: neófito
References
edit- “neophytus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "neophytus", 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)
- neophytus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “neophytus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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