proselytus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek προσήλυτος (prosḗlutos, “one that has arrived at [a place]”, “stranger”, “sojourner”; “one who has come over to Judaism”, “convert”, “proselyte”), from προσέρχομαι (prosérkhomai).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proˈseː.ly.tus/, [prɔˈs̠eːlʲʏt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈse.li.tus/, [proˈs̬ɛːlit̪us]

Adjective

prosēlytus (feminine prosēlyta, neuter prosēlytum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Late Latin) come from abroad, foreign, strange

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	prosēlytus	prosēlyta	prosēlytum		prosēlytī	prosēlytae	prosēlyta
genitive	prosēlytī	prosēlytae	prosēlytī		prosēlytōrum	prosēlytārum	prosēlytōrum
dative	prosēlytō	prosēlytae	prosēlytō		prosēlytīs
accusative	prosēlytum	prosēlytam	prosēlytum		prosēlytōs	prosēlytās	prosēlyta
ablative	prosēlytō	prosēlytā	prosēlytō		prosēlytīs
vocative	prosēlyte	prosēlyta	prosēlytum		prosēlytī	prosēlytae	prosēlyta

Derived terms

• prosēlyta

Noun

prosēlytus m (genitive prosēlytī, feminine prosēlyta); second declension

1. (Late Latin) a sojourner, a stranger in the land
2. (and especially, post-Classical) one that has come over from heathenism to the Jewish religion, a proselyte

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	prosēlytus	prosēlytī
genitive	prosēlytī	prosēlytōrum
dative	prosēlytō	prosēlytīs
accusative	prosēlytum	prosēlytōs
ablative	prosēlytō	prosēlytīs
vocative	prosēlyte	prosēlytī

Descendants

• Catalan: prosèlit
• Italian: proselito
• Portuguese: prosélito
• Spanish: prosélito

References

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