Ignatius
English
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ɪɡˈneɪʃəs/
- Hyphenation: Ig‧na‧tius
Proper noun
Ignatius
- A male given name from Latin; of mostly Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox usage in English.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
male given name
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References
- 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiɡnɑːtːius/, [ˈiɡnɑ̝ːt̪ˌt̪ius̠]
- IPA(key): /ˈiɡnɑːtsius/, [ˈiɡnɑ̝ːtˌs̠ius̠] (influenced by Swedish)
- Syllabification(key): Ig‧na‧ti‧us
Declension
| 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. | |||
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Statistics
- 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
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἰγνάτιος (Ignátios).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iɡˈnaː.ti.us/, [ɪŋˈnäːt̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iɲˈɲat.t͡si.us/, [iɲˈɲät̪ː͡s̪ius]
Declension
Second-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
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