German edit

Proper noun edit

Moyses m (proper noun, strong, genitive Moysis)

  1. Obsolete form of Moses (the biblical figure Moses).

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μωυσῆς (Mōusês).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Mōȳsēs m sg (genitive Mōȳsis or Mōȳsī); third declension

  1. Moses

Declension edit

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Mōȳsēs
Genitive Mōȳsis
Mōȳsī
Dative Mōȳsī
Accusative Mōȳsēn
Ablative Mōȳse
Vocative Mōȳsēs

Descendants edit

  • Old Irish: Moysi

Further reading edit

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

Portuguese edit

Proper noun edit

Moyses m

  1. Obsolete spelling of Moisés