προσήλυτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of προσήλυθον (prosḗluthon, aorist of προσέρχομαι (prosérkhomai, “to approach”)) +‎ -τος (-tos), thus literally, “one that has approached”.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pro.sɛ̌ː.ly.tos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /proˈse̝.ly.tos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /proˈsi.ly.tos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /proˈsi.ly.tos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /proˈsi.li.tos/

Noun

προσήλῠτος • (prosḗlŭtos) m (genitive προσηλύτου); second declension

Declension

Second declension of ὁ προσήλῠτος; τοῦ προσηλῠ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ προσήλῠτος ho prosḗlŭtos	τὼ προσηλῠ́τω tṑ prosēlŭ́tō	οἱ προσήλῠτοι hoi prosḗlŭtoi
Genitive	τοῦ προσηλῠ́του toû prosēlŭ́tou	τοῖν προσηλῠ́τοιν toîn prosēlŭ́toin	τῶν προσηλῠ́των tôn prosēlŭ́tōn
Dative	τῷ προσηλῠ́τῳ tōî prosēlŭ́tōi	τοῖν προσηλῠ́τοιν toîn prosēlŭ́toin	τοῖς προσηλῠ́τοις toîs prosēlŭ́tois
Accusative	τὸν προσήλῠτον tòn prosḗlŭton	τὼ προσηλῠ́τω tṑ prosēlŭ́tō	τοὺς προσηλῠ́τους toùs prosēlŭ́tous
Vocative	προσήλῠτε prosḗlŭte	προσηλῠ́τω prosēlŭ́tō	προσήλῠτοι prosḗlŭtoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Quotations

New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 2:10:
[…] Φρυγίαν τε καὶ Παμφυλίαν, Αἴγυπτον καὶ τὰ μέρη τῆς Λιβύης τῆς κατὰ Κυρήνην, καὶ οἱ ἐπιδημοῦντες Ῥωμαῖοι, Ἰουδαῖοί τε καὶ προσήλυτοι
[…] Phrugían te kaì Pamphulían, Aígupton kaì tà mérē tês Libúēs tês katà Kurḗnēn, kaì hoi epidēmoûntes Rhōmaîoi, Ioudaîoí te kaì prosḗlutoi
- Translation by KJV
  […] Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes

Derived terms

προσηλύτευσις (prosēlúteusis)
προσηλυτεύω (prosēluteúō)

Descendants

Greek: προσήλυτος (prosílytos)
→ Latin: prosēlytus (see there for further descendants)
→ Ukrainian: прозеліт (prozelit)