haeresis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἵρεσις (haíresis).

Pronunciation

Noun

haeresis f (genitive haeresis or haereseōs or haeresios); third declension

  1. sect
  2. heresy

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem).

singular plural
nominative haeresis haeresēs
haereseis
genitive haeresis
haereseōs
haeresios
haeresium
dative haeresī haeresibus
haeresesi2
accusative haeresim
haeresin
haeresem1
haeresēs
haeresīs
ablative haeresī
haerese
haeresibus
haeresesi2
vocative haeresis
haeresi
haeresēs
haereseis

1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
2Primarily in poetry.

Derived terms

References

  • haeresis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • haeresis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "haeresis", 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)
  • haeresis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • haeresis in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016