νεόφυτος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- νεώφῠτος (neṓphŭtos) — Koine
Etymology
From νεο- (neo-) + φύω (phúō) + -τός (-tós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ne.ó.pʰy.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /neˈo.pʰy.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /neˈo.ɸy.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /neˈo.fy.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /neˈo.fi.tos/
Adjective
νεόφῠτος • (neóphŭtos) m or f (neuter νεόφῠτον); second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | νεόφῠτος neóphŭtos |
νεόφῠτον neóphŭton |
νεοφῠ́τω neophŭ́tō |
νεοφῠ́τω neophŭ́tō |
νεόφῠτοι neóphŭtoi |
νεόφῠτᾰ neóphŭtă | ||||||||
| Genitive | νεοφῠ́του neophŭ́tou |
νεοφῠ́του neophŭ́tou |
νεοφῠ́τοιν neophŭ́toin |
νεοφῠ́τοιν neophŭ́toin |
νεοφῠ́των neophŭ́tōn |
νεοφῠ́των neophŭ́tōn | ||||||||
| Dative | νεοφῠ́τῳ neophŭ́tōi |
νεοφῠ́τῳ neophŭ́tōi |
νεοφῠ́τοιν neophŭ́toin |
νεοφῠ́τοιν neophŭ́toin |
νεοφῠ́τοις neophŭ́tois |
νεοφῠ́τοις neophŭ́tois | ||||||||
| Accusative | νεόφῠτον neóphŭton |
νεόφῠτον neóphŭton |
νεοφῠ́τω neophŭ́tō |
νεοφῠ́τω neophŭ́tō |
νεοφῠ́τους neophŭ́tous |
νεόφῠτᾰ neóphŭtă | ||||||||
| Vocative | νεόφῠτε neóphŭte |
νεόφῠτον neóphŭton |
νεοφῠ́τω neophŭ́tō |
νεοφῠ́τω neophŭ́tō |
νεόφῠτοι neóphŭtoi |
νεόφῠτᾰ neóphŭtă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| νεοφῠ́τως neophŭ́tōs |
νεοφῠτώτερος neophŭtṓteros |
νεοφῠτώτᾰτος neophŭtṓtătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
- νεοφῠτείᾱ (neophŭteíā)
- νεοφῠτεῖον (neophŭteîon)
- νεοφῠ́τευτος (neophŭ́teutos)
- νεόφῠτον (neóphŭton)
Descendants
- → Georgian: ნეოფიტი (neopiṭi)
- → Gothic: 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌰𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌸𐍃 (niujasatiþs) (calque)
- → Latin: neophytus (see there for further descendants)
- → Romanian: Neofit
- → Russian: неофи́т (neofít)
Noun
νεόφῠτος • (neóphŭtos) m or f (genitive νεοφῠ́του); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ / ἡ νεόφῠτος ho / hē neóphŭtos |
οἱ / αἱ νεόφῠτοι hoi / hai neóphŭtoi | |||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ / τῆς νεοφῠ́του toû / tês neophŭ́tou |
τῶν νεοφῠ́των tôn neophŭ́tōn | |||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ / τῇ νεοφῠ́τῳ tōî / tēî neophŭ́tōi |
τοῖς / ταῖς νεοφῠ́τοις toîs / taîs neophŭ́tois | |||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν / τὴν νεόφῠτον tòn / tḕn neóphŭton |
τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς νεοφῠ́τους toùs / tā̀s neophŭ́tous | |||||||||||
| Vocative | νεόφῠτε neóphŭte |
νεόφῠτοι neóphŭtoi | |||||||||||
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Further reading
- νεόφυτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- νεόφυτος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “νεόφυτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G3504 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible