propheta

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish propheta (archaic spelling of profeta), from Latin prophēta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs).

Pronunciation

Noun

propheta

  1. prophet

References

  • Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin, Volume 2, →ISBN, pages 134–135

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    prophēta m (genitive prophētae, feminine prophētis or prophētissa); first declension

    1. prophet, soothsayer
      • Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, 29:1:
        et haec sunt verba libri quae misit Hieremias propheta de Hierusalem []
        Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem []

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative prophēta prophētae
    genitive prophētae prophētārum
    dative prophētae prophētīs
    accusative prophētam prophētās
    ablative prophētā prophētīs
    vocative prophēta prophētae

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    Old Spanish

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      Learned borrowing from Latin prophēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs), from προ- (pro-) + φημί (phēmí) + -της (-tēs).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /pɾoˈfeta/

      Noun

      propheta m or f (plural prophetas)

      1. prophet
        • 13th century, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, page 42ra:
          dixo el ppħa [propheta] lo q̃ el criador puſie / re em mi boca eſſo fablare []
          The prophet said: "that which the creator puts in my mouth, that is what I shall speak."
        • 13th century, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, page 42rb:
          agora por eſto ppħizauan tus / pphetas falsedat.
          And now because of this your prophets make false prophecies.
      • prophecia
      • prophetizar

      Descendants