Σταμάτιος

Σταμάτιος

Greek

Etymology

From σταματάω/σταματώ (stamatáo/stamató, “I stop”). Attested from the 16th century onward, it expressed a parental wish to ward off stillbirth in any subsequent pregnancies.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staˈmatios/
• Hyphenation: Στα‧μά‧τι‧ος

Proper noun

Σταμάτιος • (Stamátios) m (feminine Σταματία)

1. a male given name (formal, used in documents)
2. Any Christian martyr whose feast day in the Greek Orthodox tradition is 3 February or 8 November.

Declension

  Σταμάτιος

case     \\     number	singular
nominative	Σταμάτιος •
genitive	Σταματίου •
accusative	Σταμάτιο •
vocative	Σταμάτιε •

Related terms

• Σταματία f (Stamatía) (feminine form)
• and see: Σταμάτης m (Stamátis) (informal form, but standard)