prophetissa

Latin

Etymology

From prophēta (“prophet”) +‎ -issa. Compare the Greek-derived synonym prophētis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pro.pʰeːˈtis.sa/, [prɔpʰeːˈt̪ɪs̠ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro.feˈtis.sa/, [profeˈt̪isːä]

Noun

prophētissa f (genitive prophētissae, masculine prophēta); first declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) prophetess

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	prophētissa	prophētissae
genitive	prophētissae	prophētissārum
dative	prophētissae	prophētissīs
accusative	prophētissam	prophētissās
ablative	prophētissā	prophētissīs
vocative	prophētissa	prophētissae

Synonyms

• (prophetess): prophētis

Related terms

• prophēta
• prophētālis
• prophētātiō
• prophētīzō
• prophētō

References

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