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Pharisaeus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Koine Greek Φᾰρῑσαῖος (Pharīsaîos, Pharisee).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Pharī̆saeus m (genitive Pharī̆saeī); second declension

  1. (chiefly in the plural) a Pharisee (a member of the Jewish sect of that name)
  2. (Ecclesiastical Latin, exclusively in the plural, the sect taken as a collective) the Pharisees

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative Pharī̆saeus Pharī̆saeī
genitive Pharī̆saeī Pharī̆saeōrum
dative Pharī̆saeō Pharī̆saeīs
accusative Pharī̆saeum Pharī̆saeōs
ablative Pharī̆saeō Pharī̆saeīs
vocative Pharī̆saee Pharī̆saeī

Descendants

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Adjective

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Pharisaeus (feminine Pharisaea, neuter Pharisaeum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Pharisaean

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

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References

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  • Phărĭsaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Phărĭsæi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,171/3.