Ioannes
Latin
Alternative forms
- (with nominatives ending in -ēs) Iōhannēs, Jōannēs, Jōhannēs (post-classical, Medieval Latin)
- (with nominatives ending in -is) Iōannis, Jōannis, Jōhannis (post-classical, Medieval Latin)
Etymology
From the Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), a contraction of the Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān); see English John for more. The pattern was changed from a first declension pattern to a third declension pattern.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /i̯oːˈan.neːs/, [i̯oːˈänːeːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /joˈan.nes/, [joˈänːes]
Proper noun
Iōannēs m sg (genitive Iōannis); third declension
- a male given name from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs) [in turn from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān, “God is gracious”)], equivalent to English John
- John (biblical persons)
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Iōannēs |
| Genitive | Iōannis |
| Dative | Iōannī |
| Accusative | Iōannem |
| Ablative | Iōanne |
| Vocative | Iōannēs |
Descendants
- Borrowings
- → Danish: Johannes
- → Dutch: Johannes
- → Estonian: Johannes
- → Faroese: Jóhannes
- → Finnish: Johannes
- → German: Johannes
- → Hungarian: János
- → Icelandic: Jóhannes
- → Latvian: Jānis
- → Norwegian: Johannes
- → Serbo-Croatian: Jovan
- → Slovene: Janez
- → Swedish: Johannes
- → Japanese: ヨハネ
- → Welsh: Ifan, Ieuan, Ioan, Iwan
- → English: Evan
Unsorted borrowings
References
- “Jōannes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Jōannis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - Ioannes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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