neophytus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Koine Greek νεόφυτος (neóphutos), from Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new, young”) + φῠτόν (phutón, “plant, tree”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

neophytus (feminine neophyta, neuter neophytum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. newly-planted
  2. newly-converted to Christianity

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative neophytus neophyta neophytum neophytī neophytae neophyta
genitive neophytī neophytae neophytī neophytōrum neophytārum neophytōrum
dative neophytō neophytae 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

  1. neophyte

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative neophytus neophytī
genitive neophytī neophytōrum
dative neophytō neophytīs
accusative neophytum neophytōs
ablative neophytō neophytīs
vocative neophyte neophytī

Descendants

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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