catechumenus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κατηχούμενος (katēkhoúmenos).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.teːˈkʰuː.me.nus/, [kät̪eːˈkʰuːmɛnʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.teˈku.me.nus/, [kät̪eˈkuːmenus]

Noun

catēchūmenus m (genitive catēchūmenī); second declension

catechumen

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	catēchūmenus	catēchūmenī
Genitive	catēchūmenī	catēchūmenōrum
Dative	catēchūmenō	catēchūmenīs
Accusative	catēchūmenum	catēchūmenōs
Ablative	catēchūmenō	catēchūmenīs
Vocative	catēchūmene	catēchūmenī

Related terms

catēchismus

References

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

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