prosopa

The second is that the Christian God is three “persons” (Greek: hypostaseis or prosopa, Latin: personae) in one “essence” or “being” (Greek: ousia, Latin: substantia or essentia).

Trinity Tuggy, Dale 2009

Consequently tres personae, tria prosopa, savoured of

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

Theodoret says he spoke of one hypostasis and a threefold prosopa, whereas St. Basil says he willingly admitted three prosopa in one hypostasis.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

But the Greeks called individual substances [Greek: hupostaseis] because they underlie the rest and offer support and substrate to what are called accidents; and we in our term call them substances as being substrate -- [Greek: hupostaseis], and since they also term the same substances [Greek: prosopa], we too may call them persons.

The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

Ideo autem [Greek: hupostaseis] Graeci indiuiduas substantias uocauerunt, quoniam ceteris subsunt et quibusdam quasi accidentibus subpositae subiectaeque sunt; atque idcirco nos quoque eas substantias nuncupamus quasi subpositas, quas illi [59] [Greek: hupostaseis], cumque etiam [Greek: prosopa] nuncupent easdem substantias, possumus nos quoque nuncupare personas.

The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

The Greeks, too, call these masks [Greek: prosopa] from the fact that they are placed over the face and conceal the countenance from the spectator: [Greek: para tou pros tous opas tithesthai].

The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

Graeci quoque has personas [Greek: prosopa] uocant ab eo quod ponantur in facie atque ante oculos obtegant uultum: [Greek: para tou pros tous opas tithesthai.]

The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

Sed quoniam personis inductis histriones indiuiduos homines quorum intererat in tragoedia uel in comoedia ut dictum est repraesentabant, id est Hecubam uel Medeam uel Simonem uel Chremetem, idcirco ceteros quoque homines, quorum certa pro sui forma esset agnitio, et Latini personam et Graeci [Greek: prosopa] nuncupauerunt.

The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

Person, hen prosopon wie der Mensch mit seiner Vernunft Eines sey, 'entgegengehalteh, die Kirchenlehre verlange Einen Gott, aber mehrere prosopa desselben, so sagte er, da auch ihm Christus eine Person

NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works 1895

[3290] Neuter sc. prosopa, not hupostaseis, as we should expect in

NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works 1895