Iustinianus
Latin
Justinian reconquered much of the Western Empire to reunite the Latin West and Greek East of the Roman Empire
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Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora mosaics (Ravenna, Italy).
Alternative forms
- Jūstīniānus
Etymology
From Iūstīnus (“Justin”) + -iānus, a proper name from Proto-Italic *jowestos (“just, right, lawful”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- (“upright; justice, law”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /i̯uːs.tiː.niˈaː.nus/, [i̯uːs̠t̪iːniˈäːnʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /jus.ti.niˈa.nus/, [just̪iniˈäːnus]
Proper noun
Iūstīniānus m sg (genitive Iūstīniānī); second declension
- a male given name from Iūstīnus, feminine equivalent Iūstīniāna, equivalent to Koine Greek Ἰουστινιανός (Ioustinianós) or English Justinian
- Justinian:
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Justinian I 'the Great' (c. 482–565 C.E.), Byzantine Roman Emperor (coregent with Empress Theodora) who sought restoration of the classical Roman Empire, leading the Byzantine Empire to reach its historic geographic peak in the mid-6th century
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Iūstīniānus |
| Genitive | Iūstīniānī |
| Dative | Iūstīniānō |
| Accusative | Iūstīniānum |
| Ablative | Iūstīniānō |
| Vocative | Iūstīniāne |
Adjective
Iūstīniānus (feminine Iūstīniāna, neuter Iūstīniānum); first/second-declension adjective
- Justinian, Justinianian; of, belonging to, pertaining to, or relating to the emperors Jūstīnus (Justin) or Jūstīniānus (Justinian)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | Iūstīniānus | Iūstīniāna | Iūstīniānum | Iūstīniānī | Iūstīniānae | Iūstīniāna | |
| Genitive | Iūstīniānī | Iūstīniānae | Iūstīniānī | Iūstīniānōrum | Iūstīniānārum | Iūstīniānōrum | |
| Dative | Iūstīniānō | Iūstīniānō | Iūstīniānīs | ||||
| Accusative | Iūstīniānum | Iūstīniānam | Iūstīniānum | Iūstīniānōs | Iūstīniānās | Iūstīniāna | |
| Ablative | Iūstīniānō | Iūstīniānā | Iūstīniānō | Iūstīniānīs | |||
| Vocative | Iūstīniāne | Iūstīniāna | Iūstīniānum | Iūstīniānī | Iūstīniānae | Iūstīniāna | |
Derived terms
- Iūstīniāna
- Iūstīniānēus
Descendants
- → Byzantine Greek: Ἰουστινιανός (Ioustinianós)
- Greek: Ιουστινιανός (Ioustinianós)
- Aragonese: Chustinián
- Asturian: Xustinianu
- Catalan: Justinià
- → Czech: Justinián
- → Danish: Justinian
- → Dutch: Justinianus
- → English: Justinian
- → Estonian: Justinianus
- → Finnish: Justinianus
- French: Justinien
- → German: Justinian
- Galician: Xustiniano
- → Hungarian: Iusztinianosz
- → Icelandic: Justinianus
- Italian: Giustiniano
- → Latvian: Justiniāns
- Neapolitan: Giustiniano
- Occitan: Justinian
- Romanian: Iustinian
- Sardinian: Giustinianu
- Sicilian: Giustinianu, Justinianu
- → Polish: Justynian
- Portuguese: Justiniano
- → Russian: Юстиниа́н (Justinián)
- → Slovene: Justinijan
- → Slovak: Justinián
- → Swedish: Justinianus
- Spanish: Justiniano
- → Ukrainian: Юстиніа́н (Justynián)
Further reading
- Justinianus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 875
- Iustinianus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, volume 2, 8th edition, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 503
- “Justinianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Iustinianus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers