proselytus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek προσήλυτος (prosḗlutos, “one that has arrived at [a place]”, “stranger”, “sojourner”; “one who has come over to Judaism”, “convert”, “proselyte”), from προσέρχομαι (prosérkhomai).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prɔˈseː.ly.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [proˈs̬ɛː.li.t̪us]
Adjective
prosēlytus (feminine prosēlyta, neuter prosēlytum); first/second-declension adjective
- (Late Latin) come from abroad, foreign, strange
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | prosēlytus | prosēlyta | prosēlytum | prosēlytī | prosēlytae | prosēlyta | |
| genitive | prosēlytī | prosēlytae | prosēlytī | prosēlytōrum | prosēlytārum | prosēlytōrum | |
| dative | prosēlytō | prosēlytae | prosēlytō | prosēlytīs | |||
| accusative | prosēlytum | prosēlytam | prosēlytum | prosēlytōs | prosēlytās | prosēlyta | |
| ablative | prosēlytō | prosēlytā | prosēlytō | prosēlytīs | |||
| vocative | prosēlyte | prosēlyta | prosēlytum | prosēlytī | prosēlytae | prosēlyta | |
Derived terms
Noun
prosēlytus m (genitive prosēlytī, feminine prosēlyta); second declension
- (Late Latin) a sojourner, a stranger in the land
- (and especially, post-Classical) one that has come over from heathenism to the Jewish religion, a proselyte
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prosēlytus | prosēlytī |
| genitive | prosēlytī | prosēlytōrum |
| dative | prosēlytō | prosēlytīs |
| accusative | prosēlytum | prosēlytōs |
| ablative | prosēlytō | prosēlytīs |
| vocative | prosēlyte | prosēlytī |
Descendants
Descendants
References
- “prŏsēlytus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- proselytus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.