LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

prophētīa

prophētīa f (genitive prophētīae)
Classical[prɔ.pʰeːˈtiː.a]Ecclesiastical[pro.feˈt͡siː.a]

Meaning

  1. prophecy, prediction
  2. prophets as a group

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeprophētīaprophētīae
genitiveprophētīaeprophētīārum
dativeprophētīaeprophētīīs
accusativeprophētīamprophētīās
ablativeprophētīāprophētīīs
vocativeprophētīaprophētīae

prŏphētīa, ae, f., = προφητεία,
I. prediction, prophecy (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Anim. 35 fin.; Vulg. 1 Tim. 1, 18.—
II. A body of prophets or singers, Vulg. 1 Par. 15, 27 et saep.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  4. Latinprophētīa

Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek φημί (phēmí) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā) Ancient Greek προφητεία (prophēteía)bor. Latin prophētīa Borrowed from Ancient Greek προφητεία (prophēteía).

Elsewhere
  • Italianprofezia
  • Catalanprofeciafrom Old Catalan profecia
  • Frenchprophétiefrom Old French prophetie
  • Englishprophecyfrom Old French prophetie
  • Portugueseprofeciafrom Old Galician-Portuguese profecia
  • Romanianprofeție
  • Sardinianprofetzia
  • Corsicanprufezia
  • Corsicanprofezia
  • Danishprofeti
Old Spanish
  • Spanishprofecía
  • Ladinoprofesia
Old Leonese
  • Asturianprofecía
  • Mirandeseprofecie
  • Mirandeseporfecie

In English words that came into English from prophētīa

  • prophecyprophētīa

Quick answers

What does prophētīa mean in Latin?
prophētīa, a noun, means “prophecy, prediction; prophets as a group”.
What is the genitive of prophētīa?
The genitive singular is prophētīae. prophētīa is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce prophētīa?
In classical Latin, [prɔ.pʰeːˈtiː.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pro.feˈt͡siː.a].
Where does prophētīa come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *pér → Latin prophētīa.