νεόφυτος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νεώφῠτος (neṓphŭtos) — Koine

Etymology

From νεο- (neo-) +‎ φύω (phúō) +‎ -τός (-tós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ne.ó.pʰy.tos/ → /neˈo.ɸy.tos/ → /neˈo.fi.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ne.ó.pʰy.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /neˈo.pʰy.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /neˈo.ɸy.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /neˈo.fy.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /neˈo.fi.tos/

Adjective

νεόφῠτος • (neóphŭtos) m or f (neuter νεόφῠτον); second declension

1. newly-planted

Declension

Second declension of νεόφῠτος; νεόφῠτον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		νεόφῠτος neóphŭtos		νεόφῠτον neóphŭton		νεοφῠ́τω neophŭ́tō		νεοφῠ́τω neophŭ́tō		νεόφῠτοι neóphŭtoi		νεόφῠτᾰ neóphŭtă
Genitive		νεοφῠ́του neophŭ́tou		νεοφῠ́του neophŭ́tou		νεοφῠ́τοιν neophŭ́toin		νεοφῠ́τοιν neophŭ́toin		νεοφῠ́των neophŭ́tōn		νεοφῠ́των neophŭ́tōn
Dative		νεοφῠ́τῳ neophŭ́tōi		νεοφῠ́τῳ neophŭ́tōi		νεοφῠ́τοιν neophŭ́toin		νεοφῠ́τοιν neophŭ́toin		νεοφῠ́τοις neophŭ́tois		νεοφῠ́τοις neophŭ́tois
Accusative		νεόφῠτον neóphŭton		νεόφῠτον neóphŭton		νεοφῠ́τω neophŭ́tō		νεοφῠ́τω neophŭ́tō		νεοφῠ́τους neophŭ́tous		νεόφῠτᾰ neóphŭtă
Vocative		νεόφῠτε neóphŭte		νεόφῠτον neóphŭton		νεοφῠ́τω neophŭ́tō		νεοφῠ́τω neophŭ́tō		νεόφῠτοι neóphŭtoi		νεόφῠτᾰ neóphŭtă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		νεοφῠ́τως neophŭ́tōs				νεοφῠτώτερος neophŭtṓteros				νεοφῠτώτᾰτος neophŭtṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• νεοφῠτείᾱ (neophŭteíā)
• νεοφῠτεῖον (neophŭteîon)
• νεοφῠ́τευτος (neophŭ́teutos)
• νεόφῠτον (neóphŭton)

Descendants

• → Georgian: ნეოფიტი (neopiṭi)
• → Gothic: 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌰𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌸𐍃 (niujasatiþs) (calque)
• → Latin: neophytus (see there for further descendants)
• → Romanian: Neofit
• → Russian: неофи́т (neofít)

Noun

νεόφῠτος • (neóphŭtos) m or f (genitive νεοφῠ́του); second declension

1. (Koine, Christianity) new convert; neophyte

Declension

Second declension of ὁ / ἡ νεόφῠτος; τοῦ / τῆς νεοφῠ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ὁ / ἡ νεόφῠτος ho / hē neóphŭtos	οἱ / αἱ νεόφῠτοι hoi / hai neóphŭtoi
Genitive	τοῦ / τῆς νεοφῠ́του toû / tês neophŭ́tou	τῶν νεοφῠ́των tôn neophŭ́tōn
Dative	τῷ / τῇ νεοφῠ́τῳ tōî / tēî neophŭ́tōi	τοῖς / ταῖς νεοφῠ́τοις toîs / taîs neophŭ́tois
Accusative	τὸν / τὴν νεόφῠτον tòn / tḕn neóphŭton	τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς νεοφῠ́τους toùs / tā̀s neophŭ́tous
Vocative	νεόφῠτε neóphŭte	νεόφῠτοι neóphŭtoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• νεόφυτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• νεόφυτος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “νεόφυτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G3504 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible