catechesis

From Ancient Greek κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “sound through, instruct orally, catechise”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”).

catechesis (plural catecheses)

1. Religious instruction given orally to catechumens.

• catechism
• catechetics
• catechist
• catechumen

• catechises

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κατήχησις (katḗkhēsis), from Ancient Greek κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “sound through, instruct orally, catechise”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.teːˈkʰeː.sis/, [kät̪eːˈkʰeːs̠ɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.teˈke.sis/, [kät̪eˈkɛːs̬is]

catēchēsis f (genitive catēchēsis or catēchēseōs or catēchēsios); third declension

1. catechesis

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

• Catalan: catequesi
• Galician: catequese
• Italian: catechesi
• Portuguese: catequese
• Spanish: catequesis

• “catechesis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• catechesis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• catechesis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette