Constantinus
Latin
Etymology
cōnstāns (“constant, steadfast”) + -īnus
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kon.stanˈtiː.nus/, [kõː.stanˈtiː.nʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.stanˈti.nus/, [kon.stanˈtiː.nus]
Proper noun
Cōnstantīnus m (genitive Cōnstantīnī); second declension
- Constantine, a cognomen in the gens Flāvia
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Cōnstantīnus |
| Genitive | Cōnstantīnī |
| Dative | Cōnstantīnō |
| Accusative | Cōnstantīnum |
| Ablative | Cōnstantīnō |
| Vocative | Cōnstantīne |
Derived terms
- Cōnstantīna
- Cōnstantīniānus
Descendants
- Ancient Greek: Κωνστᾰντῖνος (Kōnstantînos)
- Greek: Κωνσταντίνος (Konstantínos)
- Albanian: Kostandin
- Armenian: Կոստանդին (Kostandin)
- Catalan: Constantí
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 康斯坦丁
- Danish: Konstantin
- Dutch: Constantijn
- Esperanto: Konstantino
- Finnish: Konsta, Kosti, (emperors) Konstantinus
- French: Constantin
- German: Konstantin (Constantin)
- Gothic: 𐌺𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌿𐍃 (kustanteinus)
- Irish: Constaintín
- Italian: Costantino
- Japanese: コンスタンティノス (Konsutantinosu)
- Korean: 콘스탄티누스 (konseutantinuseu)
- Latvian: Konstantīns
- Lithuanian: Konstantinas
- Low German: Konstantin
- Macedonian: Константин (Konstantin), Костадин (Kostadin)
- Norwegian: Konstantin
- Old Portuguese: Costantin
- Old Spanish: Costantin
- Polish: Konstantyn
- Portuguese: Constantino
- Romanian: Constantin, Costin
- Russian: Константи́н (Konstantín)
- Spanish: Constantino
- Swedish: Konstantin
- Turkish: Konstantin
- Welsh: Cystenian
References
- Constantinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Constantinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette