paganismus

See also: Paganismus

Contents

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /paː.ɡaːˈnis.mus/, [paː.ɡaːˈnɪs.mʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.ɡaˈnis.mus/

Noun

pāgānismus m (genitive pāgānismī); second declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) heathenry, paganism, heathenism
2. (rare, poetic) heresy, detachment from God

Inflection

Second declension.

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

Synonyms

• (paganism): pāgānitās

Related terms

• pāgānicus
• pāgānitās
• pāgānus

• pāgātim
• pāgus

Descendants

• English: paganism, paynim
• French: paganisme
• Italian: paganesimo, paganesmo, paganismo
• Polish: poganizm
• Portuguese: paganismo
• Spanish: paganismo

References

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