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apostato
apostato
See also: apostatò
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀποστατέω (apostatéō, “stand aloof from; fall away (from the divine)”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈpos.ta.toː/, [aˈpɔs.ta.toː]
Verb
apostatō (present infinitive apostatāre, perfect active apostatāvī, supine apostātatum); first conjugation
- (intransitive, Ecclesiastical Latin) I forsake my religion, apostatize
Inflection
Derived terms
Related terms
- apostata
- apostaticus
References
- apostato in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “apostato”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.