Beniamin
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
- Benjamin (used in the Vulgate)
- Beniāmīnus (used in the Epitome Historiae Sacrae)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βενιαμίν (Beniamín).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /beˈni.a.min/, [bɛˈniämɪn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /beˈni.a.min/, [beˈniːämin]
Proper noun edit
Beniamin m (indeclinable)
- (Late Latin) Benjamin (the youngest son of the Hebrew patriarch Jacob)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “Benjămin”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Benjamin in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 214/3.
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Beniamin
Proper noun edit
Beniamin m
- a male given name
References edit
- Cook, Albert, S. Biblical quotations in Old English Prose writers, page, 69.
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Beniamin m (genitive/dative lui Beniamin)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Benjamin