proselyta

Latin

Pronunciation

• prosēlyta: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proˈseː.ly.ta/, [prɔˈs̠eːlʲʏt̪ä]
• prosēlyta: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈse.li.ta/, [proˈs̬ɛːlit̪ä]
• prosēlytā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proˈseː.ly.taː/, [prɔˈs̠eːlʲʏt̪äː]
• prosēlytā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈse.li.ta/, [proˈs̬ɛːlit̪ä]

Etymology 1

Substantivized feminine of the adjective prosēlytus, after the noun prosēlytus (“a [male] convert to Judaism”, “a proselyte”).

Noun

prosēlyta f (genitive prosēlytae, masculine prosēlytus); first declension

1. proselyte (female), convert (female) (a converted woman)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	prosēlyta	prosēlytae
genitive	prosēlytae	prosēlytārum
dative	prosēlytae	prosēlytīs
accusative	prosēlytam	prosēlytās
ablative	prosēlytā	prosēlytīs
vocative	prosēlyta	prosēlytae

References

• “prŏsēlyta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

Adjective

prosēlyta

1. inflection of prosēlytus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

prosēlytā

1. ablative feminine singular of prosēlytus