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neophytus
neophytus
Latin
Alternative forms
- neofitus
Adjective
neophytus m (feminine neophyta, neuter neophytum); first/second declension
- newly-planted
- newly-converted to Christianity
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | neophytus | neophyta | neophytum | neophytī | neophytae | neophyta | |
| genitive | neophytī | neophytae | neophytī | neophytōrum | neophytārum | neophytōrum | |
| dative | neophytō | neophytō | neophytīs | ||||
| accusative | neophytum | neophytam | neophytum | neophytōs | neophytās | neophyta | |
| ablative | neophytō | neophytā | neophytō | neophytīs | |||
| vocative | neophyte | neophyta | neophytum | neophytī | neophytae | neophyta | |
Noun
neophytus m (genitive neophytī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | neophytus | neophytī |
| genitive | neophytī | neophytōrum |
| dative | neophytō | neophytīs |
| accusative | neophytum | neophytōs |
| ablative | neophytō | neophytīs |
| vocative | neophyte | neophytī |
References
- 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, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “neophytus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- neophytus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray