Pharisaeus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Koine Greek Φᾰρῑσαῖος (Pharīsaîos, Pharisee).

Pronunciation

Noun

Pharī̆saeus m (genitive Pharī̆saeī); second declension

  1. (chiefly in the plural) a Pharisee (a member of the Jewish sect of that name)
  2. (Ecclesiastical Latin, exclusively in the plural, the sect taken as a collective) the Pharisees

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

Adjective

Pharisaeus (feminine Pharisaea, neuter Pharisaeum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Pharisaean

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • Phărĭsaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Phărĭsæi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,171/3.