neophytus

• neofitus

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [neˈɔ.pʰy.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [neˈɔː.fi.t̪us]

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

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

First/second-declension adjective.

neophytus m (genitive neophytī); second declension

1. neophyte

Second-declension noun.

• → Catalan: neòfit
• → Dutch: neofiet
• → English: neophyte
• → French: néophyte
• → Italian: neofita
• → Portuguese: neófito
• → Sicilian: neofita
• → Spanish: neófito

• “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