proselytus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek προσήλυτος (prosḗlutos, one that has arrived at [a place]”, “stranger”, “sojourner”; “one who has come over to Judaism”, “convert”, “proselyte), from προσέρχομαι (prosérkhomai).

Pronunciation

Adjective

prosēlytus (feminine prosēlyta, neuter prosēlytum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Late Latin) come from abroad, foreign, strange

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative prosēlytus prosēlyta prosēlytum prosēlytī prosēlytae prosēlyta
genitive prosēlytī prosēlytae prosēlytī prosēlytōrum prosēlytārum prosēlytōrum
dative prosēlytō prosēlytae prosēlytō prosēlytīs
accusative prosēlytum prosēlytam prosēlytum prosēlytōs prosēlytās prosēlyta
ablative prosēlytō prosēlytā prosēlytō prosēlytīs
vocative prosēlyte prosēlyta prosēlytum prosēlytī prosēlytae prosēlyta

Derived terms

Noun

prosēlytus m (genitive prosēlytī, feminine prosēlyta); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) a sojourner, a stranger in the land
  2. (and especially, post-Classical) one that has come over from heathenism to the Jewish religion, a proselyte

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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