evangelista

See also: evangélista

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛvaŋɡɛlɪsta]

Noun

evangelista m anim

1. Evangelist (a writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels)

Declension

Declension of evangelista (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	evangelista	evangelisté, evangelisti
genitive	evangelisty	evangelistů
dative	evangelistovi	evangelistům
accusative	evangelistu	evangelisty
vocative	evangelisto	evangelisté, evangelisti
locative	evangelistovi	evangelistech
instrumental	evangelistou	evangelisty

Related terms

• evangelium
• evangelík

 

Further reading

• “evangelista”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “evangelista”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Italian

Alternative forms

• vangelista (archaic, only in meanings 1 and 2)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin evangelista, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs, “bringer of good news”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.van.d͡ʒeˈli.sta/
• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: e‧van‧ge‧lì‧sta

Noun

evangelista m (plural evangelisti)

1. (biblical) evangelist (writer of a Gospel)
2. (Christianity, primitive Church)evangelist (preacher of the Gospel)
3. (Christianity) evangelist, preacher
4. (Christianity) one who reads or sings a Gospel

Related terms

• evangelizzare
• vangelo

Further reading

• evangelista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• segnalatevi

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs). By surface analysis, evangelium +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.u̯an.ɡeˈlis.ta/, [eu̯äŋɡɛˈlʲɪs̠t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.van.d͡ʒeˈlis.ta/, [evän̠ʲd͡ʒeˈlist̪ä]

Noun

evangelista f (genitive evangelistae); first declension

1. evangelist, preacher

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	evangelista	evangelistae
Genitive	evangelistae	evangelistārum
Dative	evangelistae	evangelistīs
Accusative	evangelistam	evangelistās
Ablative	evangelistā	evangelistīs
Vocative	evangelista	evangelistae

Descendants

• Old French: evangeliste
  • French: évangéliste
  • → English: evangelist
  • → Middle Dutch: ewangeliste
    • Dutch: evangelist
• Italian: evangelista
• Old Spanish: euangelista, euangelysta
  • Spanish: evangelista
    • → Tagalog: ebanghelista
• → Czech: evangelista
• → German: Evangelist
• → Hungarian: evangélista
• → Old Swedish: evangeliste
  • Swedish: evangelist

References

• “evangelista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• evangelista 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)
• evangelista in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish euangelista, borrowed from Latin evangelista, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ebanxeˈlista/ [e.β̞ãŋ.xeˈlis.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: e‧van‧ge‧lis‧ta

Noun

evangelista m or f by sense (plural evangelistas)

1. (Christianity) evangelist

Related terms

• evangelio
• evangelismo
• evangelizar

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: ebanghelista

Further reading

• “evangelista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16