discipulus
Erscheinungsbild
From dis- + Proto-Italic *kapelos (“one who takes”) corresponding to *dwiskapelos, from *kapiō (“take”) (whence capiō).[1] Sense influenced by the unrelated verb discō (“learn”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /disˈki.pu.lus/, [d̪ɪs̠ˈkɪpʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diʃˈʃi.pu.lus/, [d̪iʃˈʃiːpulus]
Noun
discipulus m (genitive discipulī); second declension
- student, pupil, disciple, schoolboy
- (military) cadet (student in a military school or state program)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | discipulus | discipulī |
| Genitive | discipulī | discipulōrum |
| Dative | discipulō | discipulīs |
| Accusative | discipulum | discipulōs |
| Ablative | discipulō | discipulīs |
| Vocative | discipule | discipulī |