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propheta

propheta

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

propheta

  1. prophet

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 0-8061-2950-6, pages 134–135

Latin

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs).

Pronunciation

Noun

prophēta m (genitive prophētae); first declension

  1. 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 []

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative prophēta prophētae
genitive prophētae prophētārum
dative prophētae prophētīs
accusative prophētam prophētās
ablative prophētā prophētīs
vocative prophēta prophētae

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References


Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prophēta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɾoˈɸe.ta]

Noun

propheta m, f (plural prophetas)

  1. 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."
    • Idem, f. 42r. b.
      agora por eſto pph´izauan tus / pphetas falsedat.
      And now because of this your prophets make false prophecies.

Related terms

  • prophecia
  • prophetizar

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