Iosephus
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yoséf).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /joːˈseː.pʰus/, [joːˈs̠eː.pʰʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /joˈse.fus/, [jɔˈzɛː.fus]
Proper nounEdit
Iōsēphus m (genitive Iōsēphī); second declension
- A male given name, equivalent to English Joseph.
DeclensionEdit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Iōsēphus | Iōsēphī |
Genitive | Iōsēphī | Iōsēphōrum |
Dative | Iōsēphō | Iōsēphīs |
Accusative | Iōsēphum | Iōsēphōs |
Ablative | Iōsēphō | Iōsēphīs |
Vocative | Iōsēphe | Iōsēphī |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Borrowings
- Albanian: Jozef, Josef
- Basque: Joseba
- Breton: Jozeb
- Cimbrian: Josef, Sèpp
- Czech: Josef
- Danish: Josef
- Dutch: Jozef
- English: Joseph
- Maori: Hohepa
- Estonian: Joosep
- Faroese: Jósef
- Finnish: Jooseppi, Juokka
- Old French: Joseph
- German: Josef, Joseph
- Hungarian: József
- Icelandic: Jósef
- Irish: Iósaf, Iósaef
- Latvian: Jāzeps
- Lithuanian: Juozapas
- Polish: Józef
- Scottish Gaelic: Seòsaidh
- Slovak: Jozef
- Slovene: Jožef
- Swedish: Josef
- Upper Sorbian: Józef
- Vilamovian: Juza
- Welsh: Joseff
- West Frisian: Joazef
ReferencesEdit
- Iosephus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Iosephus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette