νεόφυτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νεο- (neo-) +‎ φύω (phúō) +‎ -τός (-tós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ne.ó.pʰy.tos/ → /neˈo.ɸy.tos/ → /neˈo.fi.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ne.ó.pʰy.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /neˈo.pʰy.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /neˈo.ɸy.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /neˈo.fy.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /neˈo.fi.tos/

Adjective

νεόφῠτος • (neóphutos) m or f (neuter νεόφῠτον); second declension

1. newly planted
2. (nominalized, Christianity) new convert, neophyte, novice

Declension

Second declension of νεόφῠτος; νεόφῠτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		νεόφῠτος neóphutos	νεόφῠτον neóphuton		νεοφῠ́τω neophútō	νεοφῠ́τω neophútō		νεόφῠτοι neóphutoi	νεόφῠτᾰ neóphuta
Genitive		νεοφῠ́του neophútou	νεοφῠ́του neophútou		νεοφῠ́τοιν neophútoin	νεοφῠ́τοιν neophútoin		νεοφῠ́των neophútōn	νεοφῠ́των neophútōn
Dative		νεοφῠ́τῳ neophútōi	νεοφῠ́τῳ neophútōi		νεοφῠ́τοιν neophútoin	νεοφῠ́τοιν neophútoin		νεοφῠ́τοις neophútois	νεοφῠ́τοις neophútois
Accusative		νεόφῠτον neóphuton	νεόφῠτον neóphuton		νεοφῠ́τω neophútō	νεοφῠ́τω neophútō		νεοφῠ́τους neophútous	νεόφῠτᾰ neóphuta
Vocative		νεόφῠτε neóphute	νεόφῠτον neóphuton		νεοφῠ́τω neophútō	νεοφῠ́τω neophútō		νεόφῠτοι neóphutoi	νεόφῠτᾰ neóphuta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		νεοφῠ́τως neophútōs			νεοφῠτώτερος neophutṓteros			νεοφῠτώτᾰτος neophutṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Georgian: ნეოფიტი (neopiṭi)
• → Gothic: 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌰𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌸𐍃 (niujasatiþs) (calque)
• → Latin: neophytus (see there for further descendants)
• → Romanian: Neofit
• → Russian: неофи́т (neofít)

Further reading

• νεόφυτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “νεόφυτος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “νεόφυτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G3504 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible