catechumenus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κατηχούμενος (katēkhoúmenos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.teːˈkʰuː.me.nus/, [kät̪eːˈkʰuːmɛnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.teˈku.me.nus/, [kät̪eˈkuːmenus]

Noun

catēchūmenus m (genitive catēchūmenī, feminine catēchūmena); second declension

1. catechumen

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	catēchūmenus	catēchūmenī
genitive	catēchūmenī	catēchūmenōrum
dative	catēchūmenō	catēchūmenīs
accusative	catēchūmenum	catēchūmenōs
ablative	catēchūmenō	catēchūmenīs
vocative	catēchūmene	catēchūmenī

Related terms

• catēchismus
• catēchista
• catēchizō
• catēchūmenātus

Descendants

Descendants

• → Dutch: catechumeen
  • → Indonesian: katekumen
• → English: catechumen
• French: catéchumène
• → German: Katechumene
• Italian: catecumeno
• → Polish: katechumen
• Portuguese: catecúmeno
• Spanish: catecúmeno

References

• “catechumenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• catechumenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.