Learned borrowing from Latin catēchēsis, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κατήχησις (katḗkhēsis), from κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “sound through, instruct orally, catechise”).
catechesis (countable and uncountable, plural catecheses)
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek κατήχησις (katḗkhēsis), from Ancient Greek κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “sound through, instruct orally, catechise”).
catēchēsis f (genitive catēchēsis or catēchēseōs or catēchēsios); third declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | catēchēsis | catēchēsēs catēchēseis |
Genitive | catēchēsis catēchēseōs catēchēsios |
catēchēsium |
Dative | catēchēsī | catēchēsibus |
Accusative | catēchēsim catēchēsin catēchēsem1 |
catēchēsēs catēchēsīs |
Ablative | catēchēsī catēchēse1 |
catēchēsibus |
Vocative | catēchēsis catēchēsi |
catēchēsēs catēchēseis |
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.