catechesis
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “sound through, instruct orally, catechise”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”).
Noun
catechesis (plural catecheses)
- Religious instruction given orally to catechumens.
Related terms
Translations
religious instruction
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Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κατήχησις (katḗkhēsis), from Ancient Greek κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “sound through, instruct orally, catechise”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ka.teːˈkʰeː.sis/, [kät̪eːˈkʰeːs̠ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.teˈke.sis/, [kät̪eˈkɛːs̬is]
Noun
catēchēsis f (genitive catēchēsis or catēchēseōs or catēchēsios); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | catēchēsis | catēchēsēs catēchēseis |
Genitive | catēchēsis catēchēseōs catēchēsios |
catēchēsium |
Dative | catēchēsī | catēchēsibus |
Accusative | catēchēsim catēchēsin catēchēsem1 |
catēchēsēs catēchēsīs |
Ablative | catēchēsī catēchēse1 |
catēchēsibus |
Vocative | catēchēsis catēchēsi |
catēchēsēs catēchēseis |
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
Declension
- Spanish: catequesis
References
- “catechesis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- catechesis 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)
- catechesis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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