neophytus

Latin

Alternative forms

• neofitus

Etymology

From Koine Greek νεόφυτος (neóphutos), from Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new, young”) + φῠτόν (phutón, “plant, tree”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /neˈo.pʰy.tus/, [neˈɔpʰʏt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /neˈo.fi.tus/, [neˈɔːfit̪us]

Adjective

neophytus (feminine neophyta, neuter neophytum); first/second-declension adjective

1. newly-planted
2. newly-converted to Christianity

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	neophytus	neophyta	neophytum		neophytī	neophytae	neophyta
Genitive	neophytī	neophytae	neophytī		neophytōrum	neophytārum	neophytōrum
Dative	neophytō		neophytō		neophytīs
Accusative	neophytum	neophytam	neophytum		neophytōs	neophytās	neophyta
Ablative	neophytō	neophytā	neophytō		neophytīs
Vocative	neophyte	neophyta	neophytum		neophytī	neophytae	neophyta

Noun

neophytus m (genitive neophytī); second declension

1. neophyte

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	neophytus	neophytī
Genitive	neophytī	neophytōrum
Dative	neophytō	neophytīs
Accusative	neophytum	neophytōs
Ablative	neophytō	neophytīs
Vocative	neophyte	neophytī

Descendants

• → Catalan: neòfit
• → Dutch: neofiet
• → English: neophyte
• → French: néophyte
• → Italian: neofita
• → Portuguese: neófito
• → Sicilian: neofita
• → Spanish: neófito

References

• “neophytus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• neophytus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• neophytus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “neophytus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray