paganismus

See also: Paganismus

Contents

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From pāgānus ‎(“rural, rustic; unlearned; heathen, pagan”), from pāgus ‎(“area outside of a city, countryside”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /paː.ɡaːˈnis.mus/

NounEdit

pāgānismus m ‎(genitive pāgānismī); second declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) heathenism, paganism

InflectionEdit

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	pāgānismus	pāgānismī
genitive	pāgānismī	pāgānismōrum
dative	pāgānismō	pāgānismīs
accusative	pāgānismum	pāgānismōs
ablative	pāgānismō	pāgānismīs
vocative	pāgānisme	pāgānismī

SynonymsEdit

• (paganism): pāgānitās

Related termsEdit

• pāgānicus
• pāgānitās
• pāgānus

• pāgātim
• pāgus

DescendantsEdit

• English: paganism, paynim
• French: paganisme
• Portuguese: paganismo
• Spanish: paganismo

ReferencesEdit

• paganismus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• paganismus in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.