propheta
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From Spanish propheta (archaic spelling of profeta), from Latin prophēta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs).
Noun
propheta
- prophet
- 17C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Chimalpahin, Exercicio quotidiano, f. 4r.
- ca intlanel ce Angel. ahnoço aca huei sancto, ahnoço aca huei propheta xiqualmihualiani
- (Supposing that You had sent an angel or some great saint or some great prophet here)
- 17C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Chimalpahin, Exercicio quotidiano, f. 4r.
References
- Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Codex Chimalpahin, Volume 2, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder, →ISBN, pages 134–135
Latin
Alternative forms
- prophētēs
Etymology
From Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proˈpʰeː.ta/, [prɔˈpʰeːt̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proˈfe.ta/, [proˈfɛːt̪ä]
Noun
prophēta m (genitive prophētae, feminine prophētis or prophētissa); first declension
- prophet, soothsayer
- 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Ieremias 29:1
- et haec sunt verba libri quae misit Hieremias propheta de Hierusalem […]
- Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem […]
- et haec sunt verba libri quae misit Hieremias propheta de Hierusalem […]
- 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Ieremias 29:1
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prophēta | prophētae |
| Genitive | prophētae | prophētārum |
| Dative | prophētae | prophētīs |
| Accusative | prophētam | prophētās |
| Ablative | prophētā | prophētīs |
| Vocative | prophēta | prophētae |
Derived terms
- prophētālis
- prophētātiō
- prophētissa
- prophētīzō
- prophētō
Related terms
- prophētīa
- prophētiālis
- prophēticē
- prophēticus
- prophētis
Descendants
- Asturian: profeta
- Catalan: profeta
- Galician: profeta
- → German: Prophet
- Italian: profeta
- → Old English: propheta
- Middle English: prophete, profyt, profyte, profite, prophett, prophet, profiete
- English: prophet
- Tok Pisin: profet
- Scots: prophet
- English: prophet
- Middle English: prophete, profyt, profyte, profite, prophett, prophet, profiete
- → Old French: prophete
- Middle French: prophete
- French: prophète
- → Romanian: profet
- French: prophète
- → Middle Dutch: prophete
- Dutch: profeet
- Afrikaans: profeet
- Negerhollands: profeet
- → Papiamentu: profeet (dated)
- → Sranan Tongo: profeiti
- Dutch: profeet
- Middle French: prophete
- → Old Norse: prófeti
- Danish: profet
- Norwegian: profet
- Swedish: profet
- Portuguese: profeta
- Romansch: profet
- → Old Spanish: propheta
- Spanish: profeta
- → Cebuano: propeta
- Spanish: profeta
- Welsh: proffwyd
References
- “propheta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- propheta 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)
Old Spanish
Alternative forms
- profeta
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prophēta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾoˈfeta/
Noun
propheta m or f (plural prophetas)
- prophet
- c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 42r. a.
- dixo el pph´a [propheta] lo q́ el criador puſie / re em mi boca eſſo fablare […]
- The prophet said: "that which the creator puts in my mouth, that is what I shall speak."
- dixo el pph´a [propheta] lo q́ el criador puſie / re em mi boca eſſo fablare […]
- Idem, f. 42r. b.
- agora por eſto pph´izauan tus / pphetas falsedat.
- And now because of this your prophets make false prophecies.
- agora por eſto pph´izauan tus / pphetas falsedat.
- c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 42r. a.
Related terms
- prophecia
- prophetizar
Descendants
- Spanish: profeta