ecclesiasticus

ecclesiasticus

See also: Ecclesiasticus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐκκλησιαστικός (ekklēsiastikós), from ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ek.kleː.siˈas.ti.kus/, [ɛkːɫ̪eːs̠iˈäs̠t̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.kle.siˈas.ti.kus/, [ekːles̬iˈäst̪ikus]

Adjective

ecclēsiasticus (feminine ecclēsiastica, neuter ecclēsiasticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or belonging to the Church; ecclesiastical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ecclēsiasticus	ecclēsiastica	ecclēsiasticum		ecclēsiasticī	ecclēsiasticae	ecclēsiastica
Genitive	ecclēsiasticī	ecclēsiasticae	ecclēsiasticī		ecclēsiasticōrum	ecclēsiasticārum	ecclēsiasticōrum
Dative	ecclēsiasticō		ecclēsiasticō		ecclēsiasticīs
Accusative	ecclēsiasticum	ecclēsiasticam	ecclēsiasticum		ecclēsiasticōs	ecclēsiasticās	ecclēsiastica
Ablative	ecclēsiasticō	ecclēsiasticā	ecclēsiasticō		ecclēsiasticīs
Vocative	ecclēsiastice	ecclēsiastica	ecclēsiasticum		ecclēsiasticī	ecclēsiasticae	ecclēsiastica

Related terms

• ecclēsia

Descendants

Descendants of ecclesiasticus in other languages

• Catalan: eclesiàstic
• English: ecclesiastic
• French: ecclésiastique
• Italian: chiesastico
• Portuguese: eclesiástico
• Sicilian: crisàsticu
• Spanish: eclesiástico

References

• “ecclesiasticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ecclesiasticus 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)
• ecclesiasticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• ecclesiasticus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016