eucharistia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐχαριστία (eukharistía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eu̯.kʰaˈris.ti.a/, [ɛu̯kʰäˈrɪs̠t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eu̯.kaˈris.ti.a/, [eu̯käˈrist̪iä]

Noun

eucharistia f (genitive eucharistiae); first declension

1. (Christianity, Ecclesiastical Latin) The Eucharist

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	eucharistia	eucharistiae
Genitive	eucharistiae	eucharistiārum
Dative	eucharistiae	eucharistiīs
Accusative	eucharistiam	eucharistiās
Ablative	eucharistiā	eucharistiīs
Vocative	eucharistia	eucharistiae

Descendants

• Dutch: eucharistie
• English: Eucharist
• French: eucharistie
• German: Eucharistie
• Hebrew: אויכריסטיה (oikharístia)
• Irish: Eocairist
• Polish: eucharystia
• Piedmontese: eucaristìa
• Portuguese: eucaristia
• Romanian: euharistie
• Spanish: eucaristía

References

• “eucharistia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press