apostolus
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Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “one who is sent”; “messenger”, “envoy”, “ambassador”; “Apostle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈpos.to.lus/, [äˈpɔs̠t̪ɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈpos.to.lus/, [äˈpɔst̪olus]
Noun
[edit]apostolus m (genitive apostolī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | apostolus | apostolī |
Genitive | apostolī | apostolōrum |
Dative | apostolō | apostolīs |
Accusative | apostolum | apostolōs |
Ablative | apostolō | apostolīs |
Vocative | apostole | apostolī |
Descendants
[edit]- Asturian: apóstol
- Breton: abostol
- Catalan: apòstol
- Cornish: abostol
- English: apostle
- Friulian: apuestul
- Galician: apóstolo
- Italian: apostolo
- → Middle Dutch: apostel
- Dutch: apostel
- → Old English: apostol, postol (apheresis)
- Old French: apostle
- → Old Frisian: apostol
- → Old High German: apostolo
- German: Apostel
- Old Irish: apstal
- → Old Polish: apostoł
- → Polish: apostoł
- Portuguese: apóstolo
- Sicilian: apòstulu
- Spanish: apóstol
- Welsh: abostol, abostl
References
[edit]- “apostolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- apostolus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- apostolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- apostolus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016