Procopius

Procopius

English

Alternative forms

• Prokopios

Etymology

Via Latin Procopius from Koine Greek Προκόπῐος (Prokópios), from Ancient Greek προκοπή (prokopḗ, “progress forward to prosperity; advancement toward success; improvement by diligence”), with Latin suffix -ius equivalent to Greek suffix -ῐος (-ios).

Pronunciation

• enPR: prə-kōʹpē-əs
• (US, Canada, General American) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈkoʊ.pi.əs/
• (UK, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈkəʊ.piː.əs/

Proper noun

Procopius

1. A male given name from Latin Procopius [in turn from Ancient Greek Προκόπιος (Prokópios)], of rare usage, variant of Prokopios, feminine equivalent Procopia.
2. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Saint Procopius, an early Christian martyr of the 3rd century C.E.
3. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Procopius, a Roman imperial usurper of the 4th century C.E.
4. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Procopius of Caesarea, a Byzantine Greek historian of the 6th century C.E.

Related terms

• Prokofi

Translations

male given name

Albanian: Prokopi Arabic: بروكوبيوس‎ (Brukubyus) Basque: Prokopio Belarusian: Прако́п (Prakóp), Прако́пій (Prakópij), Прако́фій (Prakófij) Bulgarian: Проко́пий (Prokópij) Catalan: Procopi Czech: Prokop (cs), Prokopios, Prokůpek Danish: Procopius, Prokopius Dutch: Procopius Esperanto: Prokopio Finnish: Procopius, Prokopios French: Procope (fr) Galician: Procopio German: Prokopios, Prokop Greek: Προκόπιος (el) (Prokópios) Ancient: Προκόπῐος m (Prokópios) Hebrew: פְּרוֹקוֹפְּיוּס‎ (Prokopyus) Hungarian: Prokopiosz Italian: Procopio (it) Latin: Procopius Latvian: Prokopijs Lithuanian: Prokopas Macedonian: Прокопиј (Prokopij) Norwegian: Bokmål: Prokopios Nynorsk: Prokopios Occitan: Procòpi Persian: پروکوپیوس‎ (Prokopyus) Polish: Prokop (pl), Prokopiusz Portuguese: Procópio Romanian: Procopius, Procopie Russian: Проко́п (ru) (Prokóp), Проко́пий (ru) (Prokópij), Проко́фий (ru) (Prokófij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Прокопије Roman: Prokopije (sh) Slovak: Prokop Slovene: Prokopij Spanish: Procopio (es) Swedish: Procopius, Prokopios Ukrainian: Прокі́п (uk) (Prokíp), Проко́пій (Prokópij), Проко́фій (Prokófij)

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Latin

Etymology

From Koine Greek Προκόπῐος (Prokópios), from Ancient Greek προκοπή (prokopḗ, “progress forward to prosperity; advancement toward success; improvement by diligence”) +‎ -ius, equivalent to Greek suffix -ῐος (-ios).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proˈko.pi.us/, [prɔˈkɔpiʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈko.pi.us/, [proˈkɔːpius]

Proper noun

Procopius m sg (genitive Procopiī); second declension

1. Procopius or Prokopios:

   • A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Saint Procopius, an early Christian martyr of the 3rd century C.E.
   • A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Procopius, a Roman imperial usurper of the 4th century C.E.
   • A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Procopius of Caesarea, a Byzantine Greek historian of the 6th century C.E.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Procopius
Genitive	Procopiī
Dative	Procopiō
Accusative	Procopium
Ablative	Procopiō
Vocative	Procopie

Derived terms

• Procopiānus

Descendants

• Catalan: Procopi
• → Danish: Procopius
• → Dutch: Procopius
• → English: Procopius
• → Finnish: Procopius
• French: Procope
• Galician: Procopio
• Italian: Procopio
• Occitan: Procòpi
• Portuguese: Procópio
• Romanian: Procopius, Procopie
• Spanish: Procopio
• → Swedish: Procopius

Further reading

• Procopius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “Procopius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers