paganismus
See also: Paganismus
Contents
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From pāgānus (“rural, rustic; unlearned; heathen, pagan”) + -ismus, from pāgus (“area outside of a city, countryside”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /paː.ɡaːˈnis.mus/, [paː.ɡaːˈnɪs.mʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.ɡaˈnis.mus/
NounEdit
pāgānismus m (genitive pāgānismī); second declension
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) heathenry, paganism, heathenism
- (rare, poetic) heresy, detachment from God
InflectionEdit
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
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- 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