paganismus
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See also: Paganismus
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pāgānus (“rural, rustic; unlearned; heathen, pagan”, from pāgus (“area outside of a city, countryside”)) + -ismus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /paː.ɡaːˈnis.mus/, [päːɡäːˈnɪs̠mʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.ɡaˈnis.mus/, [päɡäˈnizmus]
Noun[edit]
pāgānismus m (genitive pāgānismī); second declension
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) heathenry, paganism, heathenism
- (rare, poetic) heresy, detachment from God
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pāgānismus | pāgānismī |
| Genitive | pāgānismī | pāgānismōrum |
| Dative | pāgānismō | pāgānismīs |
| Accusative | pāgānismum | pāgānismōs |
| Ablative | pāgānismō | pāgānismīs |
| Vocative | pāgānisme | pāgānismī |
Synonyms[edit]
- (paganism): pāgānitās
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: paganism, paynim
- French: paganisme
- Italian: paganesimo, paganesmo, paganismo
- Polish: poganizm
- Portuguese: paganismo
- Romanian: păgânism
- Sicilian: paganìsimu
- Spanish: paganismo
References[edit]
- “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.