nĕŏphytus (in inscrr., neofit-), a, um, adj., = νεόφυτος,
newly planted; of newly converted Christians, as subst., nĕ-ŏphytus , i, m., a neophyte , Tert. Praescr. Haeret. 4; Inscr. Orell. 2527; Vulg. 1 Tim. 3, 6.