Pharisaeus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Phărĭsaeus, i, m., = Φαρισαῖος,

I a Pharisee , a member of the Jewish sect of that name, usually in plur.: Phărĭsaei ( Pharīsaei , Juvenc. 2, 574), ōrum, m., = Φαρισαῖοι, the Pharisees , a Jewish sect (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Praescr. 45; Isid. 7, 6, 40; Juvenc. 3, 221; Vulg. Marc. 2, 16 et saep.— Sing. : secundum legem Pharisaeus, Vulg. Phil. 3, 5.—Hence,

A Phărĭsaeus , a, um, adj., = Φαρισαῖος, Pharisaean : convivia, Sedul. 4, 66; Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 20.—

B Phărĭsăĭcus , a, um, adj., = Φαρισαικός, Pharisaic : sepulcra, Hier. adv. Vigil. n. 9.