paganismus
See also: Paganismus
Latin
Etymology
From pāgānus (“rural, rustic; unlearned; heathen, pagan”, from pāgus (“area outside of a city, countryside”)) + -ismus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [paː.ɡaːˈnɪs.mʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pa.ɡaˈniz.mus]
Noun
pāgānismus m (genitive pāgānismī); second declension
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) heathenry, paganism, heathenism
- (rare, poetic) heresy, detachment from God
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pāgānismus | pāgānismī |
| genitive | pāgānismī | pāgānismōrum |
| dative | pāgānismō | pāgānismīs |
| accusative | pāgānismum | pāgānismōs |
| ablative | pāgānismō | pāgānismīs |
| vocative | pāgānisme | pāgānismī |
Synonyms
- (paganism): pāgānitās
Related terms
Descendants
- English: paganism, paynim
- French: paganisme
- Italian: paganesimo, paganesmo, paganismo
- Polish: poganizm
- Portuguese: paganismo
- Romanian: păgânism
- Sicilian: pajanìsimu, paganìsimu, pavanìsimu
- Spanish: paganismo
References
- “paganismus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- paganismus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.