neophytus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Koine Greek νεόφυτος (neóphutos), from Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new, young”) + φῠτόν (phutón, “plant, tree”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /neˈo.pʰy.tus/, [neˈɔpʰʏt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /neˈo.fi.tus/, [neˈɔːfit̪us]
Adjective
neophytus (feminine neophyta, neuter neophytum); first/second-declension adjective
- newly-planted
- newly-converted to Christianity
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | neophytus | neophyta | neophytum | neophytī | neophytae | neophyta | |
Genitive | neophytī | neophytae | neophytī | neophytōrum | neophytārum | neophytōrum | |
Dative | neophytō | neophytō | neophytīs | ||||
Accusative | neophytum | neophytam | neophytum | neophytōs | neophytās | neophyta | |
Ablative | neophytō | neophytā | neophytō | neophytīs | |||
Vocative | neophyte | neophyta | neophytum | neophytī | neophytae | neophyta |
Noun
neophytus m (genitive neophytī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | neophytus | neophytī |
Genitive | neophytī | neophytōrum |
Dative | neophytō | neophytīs |
Accusative | neophytum | neophytōs |
Ablative | neophytō | neophytīs |
Vocative | neophyte | neophytī |
Descendants
- English: neophyte
- French: néophyte
- Italian: neofita
- Portuguese: neófito
- Russian: неофи́т (neofít)
- Sicilian: neofita
- Spanish: neófito
References
- “neophytus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- neophytus 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)
- neophytus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “neophytus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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