Christus
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See also: christus
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin Christus, from Koine Greek Χριστός (Khristós), calque of Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Christus m
- (Christianity) Christ, Messiah (Christian title for Jesus of Nazareth)
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Christus. Widely displaced the inherited form Christ (from Middle High German Krist) since the 16th century, as the latter had become homophonous with the word for “Christian” (Middle High German kriste(n)).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Christus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Christi or Christus' or (with an article) Christus)
- (Christianity) Christ (Jesus seen as the messiah)
- Christe, erbarme dich unser. ― Christ, have mercy upon us.
Declension
Declension of Christus [sg-only, masculine, strong]
- Obsolete Latinate declension:
Declension of Christus [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Christuskind
- nach Christus, nach Christo (n. Chr.)
- n. Chr. Geb.
- v. Chr. Geb.
- vor Christus, vor Christo (v. Chr.)
Related terms
Further reading
- “Christus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós), proper noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “the anointed one”), a calque of Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”) and Biblical Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʾ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkʰriːs.tus/, [ˈkʰriːs̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkris.tus/, [ˈkrist̪us]
Proper noun
Chrīstus m sg (genitive Chrīstī); second declension
- (Christianity) Christ (Jesus)
- Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, 1:1:
- initium evangelii Jesu Christi Filii Dei
- "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God"
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Synonyms
- (Christ): Iēsūs
Derived terms
- Antichrīstus
- chrīstiānē
- chrīstiānismus
- chrīstiānitās
- chrīstiānus
- chrīsticola
- chrīstigena
- vicārius Christī
Descendants
- → Breton: Krist
- → Catalan: Crist
- → Cornish: Krist
- → Czech: Kristus
- → Danish: Kristus
- → Dutch: Christus
- → Galician: Cristo
- → German: Christus
- → Luxembourgish: Christus
- → Faroese: Kristus
- → Finnish: Kristus
- Italian: Cristo
- → Latvian: Kristus
- → Lithuanian: Kristus
- → Middle French: Christ
- French: Christ
- → Norman: Christ
- → Old English: Crist, Krist, ᛣᚱᛁᛋᛏ — Ruthwell Cross
- → Old Irish: Críst
- → Polish: Chrystus
- → Portuguese: Cristo
- → Slovene: Kristus
- → Spanish: Cristo
- → Swedish: Kristus
- → Welsh: Crist
- → Malayalam: ക്രിസ്തു (kristu)
References
- “Christus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Christus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Samuel Birch, Dictionary of the Hieroglyphics, pp. 415-416
- Jean-François Champollion, Grammaire Egyptienne, page 86
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Christus m
Derived terms
- Christi Himmelfaart
Related terms
- Chrëscht (see there for more)
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