Iosue

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshúa'), and cognate of Iēsus (itself through Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs))

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i.oˈsuː.e/, [iɔˈs̠uːɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.oˈsu.e/, [ioˈs̬uːe]

Proper noun

Iosūe m sg (variously declined, genitive Iosūe or Iosūae); indeclinable, first declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Joshua
2. Joshua (biblical character)
3. the Book of Joshua

Declension

Indeclinable noun or first-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Iosūe
Genitive	Iosūe Iosūae
Dative	Iosūe Iosūae
Accusative	Iosūe Iosūam
Ablative	Iosūe Iosūā
Vocative	Iosūe Iosūa

Descendants

• → Italian: Giosuè
• → Basque: Josue
• → French: Josué
• → Maltese: Ġożwè
• → German: Josua

Further reading

• “Iosue”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Iosue in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.