apostolus
Latin
Apostoli
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “one who is sent”; “messenger”, “envoy”, “ambassador”; “Apostle”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈpos.to.lus/, [äˈpɔs̠t̪ɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈpos.to.lus/, [äˈpɔst̪olus]
Noun
apostolus m (genitive apostolī); second declension
- a notice sent to a higher tribunal or judge
- Apostle
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | apostolus | apostolī |
| Genitive | apostolī | apostolōrum |
| Dative | apostolō | apostolīs |
| Accusative | apostolum | apostolōs |
| Ablative | apostolō | apostolīs |
| Vocative | apostole | apostolī |
Descendants
- Asturian: apóstol
- Breton: abostol
- Catalan: apòstol
- Cornish: abostol
- English: apostle
- Friulian: apuestul
- Galician: apóstolo
- Italian: apostolo
- → Middle Dutch: apostel
- Dutch: apostel
- → Old English: apostol, postol (apheresis)
- Middle English: apostol, apostel
- Old French: apostle
- French: apôtre
- Haitian Creole: apòt
- Norman: apôtre
- French: apôtre
- → Old Frisian: apostol
- West Frisian: apostel
- → Old Norse: postuli, postoli
- Icelandic: postuli
- → Old High German: apostolo
- German: Apostel
- Old Irish: apstal
- Irish: aspal
- Manx: ostyl
- Scottish Gaelic: abstol, ostal
- → Old Polish: apostoł
- → Polish: apostoł
- Portuguese: apóstolo
- Sicilian: apòstulu
- Spanish: apóstol
- Welsh: abostol, abostl
References
- “apostolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- apostolus 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)
- apostolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- apostolus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016