discipulus

Latin

Etymology

From dis- + Proto-Italic *kapelos (“one who takes”), from *kapiō (“take”) (whence capiō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /disˈki.pu.lus/, [dɪsˈkɪ.pʊ.ɫʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈʃi.pu.lus/, [diˈʃiː.pu.lus]

• Audio (Classical)

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Noun

discipulus m (genitive discipulī); second declension

1. student, pupil, disciple

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	discipulus	discipulī
genitive	discipulī	discipulōrum
dative	discipulō	discipulīs
accusative	discipulum	discipulōs
ablative	discipulō	discipulīs
vocative	discipule	discipulī

Coordinate terms

• magister, magistra

Derived terms

• disciplīna
• discipulātus

Related terms

• disciplīnābilis
• disciplīnātus
• disciplīnōsus
• discipula
• discō

Descendants

• 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

• 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