baptisma

Esperanto

Adjective

baptisma (accusative singular baptisman, plural baptismaj, accusative plural baptismajn)

1. (Christianity) Baptist

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /bapˈtis.ma/, [bäpˈt̪ɪs̠mä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bapˈtis.ma/, [bäpˈt̪izmä]

Noun

baptisma n (genitive baptismatis); third declension

1. ablution; a dipping or washing in water
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) baptism
3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) The Flood as mentioned in Genesis

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	baptisma	baptismata
Genitive	baptismatis	baptismatum
Dative	baptismatī	baptismatibus
Accusative	baptisma	baptismata
Ablative	baptismate	baptismatibus
Vocative	baptisma	baptismata

Synonyms

• (baptism): baptīzātiō, baptismus, baptismum

Related terms

• baptismālis
• baptista
• baptistērium
• baptīzātiō
• baptīzātor
• baptīzō

 

Descendants

• English: baptism
• French: baptême, baptisme
• Old Irish: baithis
• Norman: bâptême (Jersey)

References

• “baptisma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• baptisma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.