Ignatius
English edit
Etymology edit
A saints' name from the Latin gens name Ignātius, Egnātius, of uncertain meaning, by folk etymology associated with Latin ignis (“fire”).
It might be related to Ancient Greek ἴγνης (ígnēs, “indigene”), ἴγνητος (ígnētos), from *ἔν-γνη-τες (*én-gnē-tes), formed from έν (én) + Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth, produce”), also seen in γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to come into being”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ignatius
- A male given name from Latin; of mostly Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox usage in English.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
male given name
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References edit
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἴγνητες”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 576
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈiɡnɑːtːius/, [ˈiɡnɑ̝ːt̪ˌt̪ius̠]
- IPA(key): /ˈiɡnɑːtsius/, [ˈiɡnɑ̝ːtˌs̠ius̠] (influenced by Swedish)
- Syllabification(key): Ig‧na‧ti‧us
Proper noun edit
Ignatius
- a Finnish surname from Latin
Declension edit
Inflection of Ignatius (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Ignatius | Ignatiukset | ||
genitive | Ignatiuksen | Ignatiusten Ignatiuksien | ||
partitive | Ignatiusta | Ignatiuksia | ||
illative | Ignatiukseen | Ignatiuksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Ignatius | Ignatiukset | ||
accusative | nom. | Ignatius | Ignatiukset | |
gen. | Ignatiuksen | |||
genitive | Ignatiuksen | Ignatiusten Ignatiuksien | ||
partitive | Ignatiusta | Ignatiuksia | ||
inessive | Ignatiuksessa | Ignatiuksissa | ||
elative | Ignatiuksesta | Ignatiuksista | ||
illative | Ignatiukseen | Ignatiuksiin | ||
adessive | Ignatiuksella | Ignatiuksilla | ||
ablative | Ignatiukselta | Ignatiuksilta | ||
allative | Ignatiukselle | Ignatiuksille | ||
essive | Ignatiuksena | Ignatiuksina | ||
translative | Ignatiukseksi | Ignatiuksiksi | ||
abessive | Ignatiuksetta | Ignatiuksitta | ||
instructive | — | Ignatiuksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Ignatius is the 1861st (tied with 4 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 457 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἰγνάτιος (Ignátios).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iɡˈnaː.ti.us/, [ɪŋˈnäːt̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iɲˈɲat.t͡si.us/, [iɲˈɲät̪ː͡s̪ius]
Proper noun edit
Ignātius m sg (genitive Ignātiī or Ignātī); second declension
- a male given name
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Ignātius |
Genitive | Ignātiī Ignātī1 |
Dative | Ignātiō |
Accusative | Ignātium |
Ablative | Ignātiō |
Vocative | Ignātī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
- → Basque: Inazio, Iñaki
- → Catalan: Ignasi
- → French: Ignace
- → Galician: Ignacio
- → German: Ignaz
- → Italian: Ignazio
- → Romanian: Ignațiu
- → Portuguese: Inácio
- → Spanish: Ignacio