catechumenus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κατηχούμενος (katēkhoúmenos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ka.teːˈkʰuː.mɛ.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.t̪eˈkuː.me.nus]
Noun
catēchūmenus m (genitive catēchūmenī, feminine catēchūmena); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ||
genitive | ||
dative | ||
accusative | ||
ablative | ||
vocative |
Related terms
- catēchismus
- catēchista
- catēchizō
- catēchūmenātus
Descendants
Descendants
- → Dutch: catechumeen
- → Indonesian: katekumen
- → English: catechumen
- French: catéchumène
- → German: Katechumene
- Italian: catecumeno
- → Polish: katechumen
- Portuguese: catecúmeno
- Spanish: catecúmeno
References
- “catechumenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- catechumenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.