paracletus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === paraclītus === Etymology === From Koine Greek πᾰρᾰ́κλητος (părắklētos, “advocate”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pa.raˈkɫeː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pa.raˈklɛː.tus] === Noun === paraclētus m (genitive paraclētī); second declension advocate; defender helper; protector; comforter ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== French: paraclet === References === “paracletus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "paracletus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “paracletus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.