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Pharisaeus
Pharisaeus
Latin
Noun
Pharisaeus or Pharīsaeus m (genitive Pharisaeī or Pharīsaeī); second declension
- (chiefly in the plural) a Pharisee (a member of the Jewish sect of that name)
 - (Ecclesiastical Latin, exclusively in the plural, the sect taken as a collective) the Pharisees
 
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural | 
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Pharī̆saeus | Pharī̆saeī | 
| genitive | Pharī̆saeī | Pharī̆saeōrum | 
| dative | Pharī̆saeō | Pharī̆saeīs | 
| accusative | Pharī̆saeum | Pharī̆saeōs | 
| ablative | Pharī̆saeō | Pharī̆saeīs | 
| vocative | Pharī̆saee | Pharī̆saeī | 
Descendants
- English: Pharisaean
 -  Old English: Farisēisc, Pharisēisc
- Middle English: Farisewisshe, Pharisewisshe
 
 
Adjective
Pharisaeus m (feminine Pharisaea, neuter Pharǐsaeum); first/second declension
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | Pharisaeus | Pharisaea | Pharisaeum | Pharisaeī | Pharisaeae | Pharisaea | |
| genitive | Pharisaeī | Pharisaeae | Pharisaeī | Pharisaeōrum | Pharisaeārum | Pharisaeōrum | |
| dative | Pharisaeō | Pharisaeō | Pharisaeīs | ||||
| accusative | Pharisaeum | Pharisaeam | Pharisaeum | Pharisaeōs | Pharisaeās | Pharisaea | |
| ablative | Pharisaeō | Pharisaeā | Pharisaeō | Pharisaeīs | |||
| vocative | Pharisaee | Pharisaea | Pharisaeum | Pharisaeī | Pharisaeae | Pharisaea | |
Related terms
- Pharǐsaicus
 
References
- Phărĭsaeus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
 - Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Phărĭsæi”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,171/3.