Ignatius
English
editEtymology
editA 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
editProper noun
editIgnatius
- A male given name from Latin; of mostly Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox usage in English.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editmale 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
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈiɡnɑːtːius/, [ˈiɡnɑ̝ːt̪ˌt̪ius̠]
- IPA(key): /ˈiɡnɑːtsius/, [ˈiɡnɑ̝ːtˌs̠ius̠] (influenced by Swedish)
- Syllabification(key): Ig‧na‧ti‧us
Proper noun
editIgnatius
- a Finnish surname from Latin
Declension
editInflection 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
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Ἰγνάτιος (Ignátios).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /iɡˈnaː.ti.us/, [ɪŋˈnäːt̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iɲˈɲat.t͡si.us/, [iɲˈɲät̪ː͡s̪ius]
Proper noun
editIgnātius m sg (genitive Ignātiī or Ignātī); second declension
- a male given name
Declension
editSecond-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
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
- → Polish: Ignacy
- → Romanian: Ignațiu
- → Portuguese: Inácio
- → Spanish: Ignacio
- Sicilian: Gnazziu
References
editCategories:
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from Latin
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish 4-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish surnames
- Finnish surnames from Latin
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin 4-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin given names
- Latin male given names