proselytus

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

prŏsēlytus, a, um, = προσήλυτος,

I come from abroad , foreign , strange (late Lat.): numeravit Salomon omnes viros proselytos, Vulg. 2 Par. 2, 17.—Hence, as subst.,

1 prŏsēlytus , i, m.

I A sojourner , a stranger in the land: proselyti et advenae, Vulg. Tob. 1, 7; id. Ezech. 14, 7.—

II Esp., one that has come over from heathenism to the Jewish religion , a proselyte (postclass.), Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 21; Hier. Ep. 64, n. 8; Vulg. Matt. 23, 15; Inscr. Fabr. p. 465, n. 101.—

2 prŏsēlyta , ae, f., a female proselyte , converted woman , Inscr. Orell. 25, 22.