proselyta

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Latin

Pronunciation

prosēlyta: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proˈseː.ly.ta/,
prosēlyta: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈse.li.ta/,
prosēlytā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proˈseː.ly.taː/,
prosēlytā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈse.li.ta/,

Etymology 1

Substantivized feminine of the adjective prosēlytus, after the noun prosēlytus (“a convert to Judaism”, “a proselyte”).

Noun

prosēlyta f (genitive prosēlytae, masculine prosēlytus); first declension

proselyte (female), convert (female) (a converted woman)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	prosēlyta	prosēlytae
genitive	prosēlytae	prosēlytārum
dative	prosēlytae	prosēlytīs
accusative	prosēlytam	prosēlytās
ablative	prosēlytā	prosēlytīs
vocative	prosēlyta	prosēlytae

References

“prŏsēlyta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

Adjective

prosēlyta

inflection of prosēlytus:
1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

prosēlytā

ablative feminine singular of prosēlytus

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