discipulus

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From dis- + Proto-Italic *kapelos (“one who takes”) corresponding to *dwiskapelos, from *kapiō (“take”) (whence capiō).^[1] Sense influenced by the unrelated verb discō (“learn”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /disˈki.pu.lus/, [d̪ɪs̠ˈkɪ.pʊ.ɫ̪ʊs̠]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diʃˈʃi.pu.lus/, [d̪iʃˈʃiː.pu.lus]
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Noun[edit]

discipulus m (genitive discipulī); second declension

student, pupil, disciple, schoolboy
(military) cadet (student in a military school or state program)

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	discipulus	discipulī
Genitive	discipulī	discipulōrum
Dative	discipulō	discipulīs
Accusative	discipulum	discipulōs
Ablative	discipulō	discipulīs
Vocative	discipule	discipulī

Coordinate terms[edit]

magister, magistra

Derived terms[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

English: disciple
Catalan: deixeble
French: disciple
Old Irish: deiscipul
- Irish: deisceabal
- Scottish Gaelic: deisciobal
Italian: discepolo

Norman: discipl'ye (Jersey)
Old Portuguese: sêpolo, decipolo, discipulo
- Portuguese: discípulo
Romanian: discipol
Spanish: discípulo
Welsh: disgybl

References[edit]

discipulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
discipulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
discipulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
discipulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) , “discipulus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 172

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) , “discipulus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 172

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