Matthaeus

See also: Matthäus, Matthæus, Matthäus', and Mattheus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Matt. (abbreviation)
• Matthæus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Biblical Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattiṯyāhū, literally “gift of YHWH (the Lord)”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /matˈtʰae̯.us/, [mät̪ˈt̪ʰäe̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /matˈte.us/, [mät̪ˈt̪ɛːus]

Proper noun

Matthaeus m sg (genitive Matthaeī); second declension

1. a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin
2. Matthew the Evangelist, one of the twelve Apostles. A publican or tax-collector at Capernaum and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Matthew.
3. (biblical) The Gospel of St. Matthew, the first book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the first of the four gospels, a book attributed to Matthew the Evangelist.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Matthaeus
Genitive	Matthaeī
Dative	Matthaeō
Accusative	Matthaeum
Ablative	Matthaeō
Vocative	Matthaee

Descendants

• Catalan: Mateu
• Old French: Mathieu
  • → English: Matthew
    • → Maori: Matiu
    • → Yoruba: Mátíù
  • French: Matthieu
• Italian: Matteo
• Portuguese: Mateus
• Spanish: Mateo
  • → Cebuano: Mateo
  • → English: Mateo
  • → Tagalog: Mateo

Borrowings

• → Danish: Matthæus
• → Dutch: Matteüs
  • Afrikaans: Matteus
• → Esperanto: Mateo
• → Estonian: Matteus
• → Faroese: Matteus
• → Finnish: Matteus
• → German: Matthäus
• → Norwegian: Matteus
• → Polish: Mateusz
• → Serbo-Croatian: Màtej
• → Slovak: Matej
• → Slovene: Matȇj
• → Swedish: Matteus

See also

• Matthiās

References

• “Matthaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Matthaeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.