Timotheus

Timotheus

English

Proper noun

Timotheus

1. Timothy, a companion of Paul. (biblical character)
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981:

     : Acts 16: 1-2:

     Then he came to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek.

Anagrams

• mouthiest

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Danish

Proper noun

Timotheus

1. Timothy (biblical character)

Related terms

• (given name) Tim.

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German

Proper noun

Timotheus

1. (biblical) Timothy (biblical character)

Related terms

• (given names) Tim, Timm, Timo

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τῑμόθεος (Tīmótheos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tiːˈmo.tʰe.us/, [tiːˈmɔ.tʰe.ʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tiˈmo.te.us/, [tiˈmoː.te.us]

Proper noun

Tīmotheus m (genitive Tīmotheī); second declension

1. Timothy, a companion of Paul (biblical character)
   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Actus Apostolorum 16:1-2

     Pervenit autem in Derben et Lystram. Et ecce discipulus quidam erat ibi nomine Timotheus, filius mulieris Iudaeae fidelis, patre autem Graeco; huic testimonium reddebant, qui in Lystris erant et Iconii fratres.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tīmotheus
Genitive	Tīmotheī
Dative	Tīmotheō
Accusative	Tīmotheum
Ablative	Tīmotheō
Vocative	Tīmothee

References

• Timotheus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Timotheus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette