paganismus

See also: Paganismus

Latin

Etymology

From pāgānus (“rural, rustic; unlearned; heathen, pagan”, from pāgus (“area outside of a city, countryside”)) +‎ -ismus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /paː.ɡaːˈnis.mus/, [päːɡäːˈnɪs̠mʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.ɡaˈnis.mus/, [päɡäˈnizmus]

Noun

pāgānismus m (genitive pāgānismī); second declension

(Ecclesiastical Latin) heathenry, paganism, heathenism
(rare, poetic) heresy, detachment from God

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pāgānismus	pāgānismī
Genitive	pāgānismī	pāgānismōrum
Dative	pāgānismō	pāgānismīs
Accusative	pāgānismum	pāgānismōs
Ablative	pāgānismō	pāgānismīs
Vocative	pāgānisme	pāgānismī

Synonyms

(paganism): pāgānitās

Related terms

Descendants

English: paganism, paynim
French: paganisme
Italian: paganesimo, paganesmo, paganismo
Polish: poganizm
Portuguese: paganismo
Romanian: păgânism
Sicilian: paganìsimu
Spanish: paganismo

References

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

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