catechizo
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κατηχίζω (katēkhízō) into Late Latin, a Hellenistic variant of κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “I instruct orally; instruct in religion”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound, noise”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ka.teːˈkʰiz.zoː/, [kät̪eːˈkʰɪz̪d̪͡z̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.teˈkid.d͡zo/, [kät̪eˈkid̪ː͡z̪o]
Verb
catēchizō (present infinitive catēchizāre, perfect active catēchizāvī, supine catēchizātum); first conjugation
- (Late Latin) I instruct in religion; I catechize
Conjugation
Descendants
- English: catechize
- French: catéchiser
- Italian: catechizzare
- Portuguese: catequizar
- Spanish: catequizar
References
- “catechizo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- catechizo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.