Philemon

See also: Philémon

Translingual

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Philemon f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Meliphagidae – friarbirds or leatherheads, of Australasia.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri - suborder; Corvida - parvorder; Meliphagoidea - superfamily; Meliphagidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Philemon moluccensis (black-faced friarbird) - type species

References

• Friarbird on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Philemon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Philemon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φιλήμων (Philḗmōn), from φιλήμων (philḗmōn, “kindly, affectionate”), from φιλέω (philéō, “I love”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪˈliːmən/, /fɪˈliːmɒn/, /ˌfaɪˈliːmən/, /ˌfaɪˈliːmɒn/
• (sometimes) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪləmən/

Proper noun

Philemon (countable and uncountable, plural Philemons)

1. The eighteenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle of Saint Paul to a fellow Christian called Philemon.

   Synonyms: (abbreviation) Philem., (abbreviation) Phm

2. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Philemon 1:1:
     :

     Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellow labourer.

3. A surname transferred from the given name.

Translations

book of the Bible

• Afrikaans: Filemon (af)
• Arabic: الرِّسَالَة إِلَى فِلِيمُون (ar-risāla(t) ʔilā filīmūn)
• Armenian: Փիլիմոն (hy) (Pʻilimon)
• Basque: Filemon (eu)
• Breton: Filemon (br)
• Catalan: Filèmon, Filemó
• Cebuano: Filemon
• Chinese:

  Eastern Min: 腓利門書／腓利门书 (Pì-lé-muòng Cṳ̆)

• Coptic: Ⲡⲣⲟⲥ Ⲫⲓⲗⲏⲙⲱⲛ (Pros Philēmōn), Ⲫⲓⲗⲏⲙⲱⲛ (Philēmōn)
• Corsican: Filemone (co)
• Czech: List Filemonovi
• Danish: Filemon, Paulus' Brev til Filemon
• Dutch: Filemon (nl) m
• Estonian: Fileemonile
• Faroese: Filemonsbrævið (fo) n
• Finnish: Kirje Filemonille
• French: Épître à Philémon, Philémon (fr) m
• German: Philemon (de), Brief des Paulus an Philemon m
• Greek: Φιλήμων (el) m (Filímon)

  Ancient: Φιλήμων m (Philḗmōn)

• Greenlandic: Fiilimuu (kl)
• Hawaiian: Pilemona
• Hungarian: Filemon (hu)
• Icelandic: Fílemon m
• Ido: Filemon (io) m
• Irish: Litir Naomh Pól chuig Filéamón f, Filéamón (ga) m
• Italian: Lettera a Filemone, Filemone (it) m
• Japanese: ピレモンへの手紙 (Piremon e no Tegami)
• Korean: 필레몬에게 보낸 편지 (pillemonege bonaen pyeonji)
• Latin: Philemonem (la)
• Latvian: Pāvila vēstule Filemonam, Filemonam (lv) m
• Limburgish: Filemon
• Lithuanian: Laiškas Filemonui (lt) m
• Maltese: Filemon (mt) m
• Manx: Philemon (gv)
• Maori: Pirimona (mi)
• Norwegian: Filemon (no)
• Polish: List do Filemona
• Portuguese: Filémon (pt) m, Filêmon m, Filemom (pt) m
• Romanian: Filimon m
• Scots: Philemon
• Scottish Gaelic: Philemon (gd) m
• Slovak: Filemonovi m
• Slovene: Filemon (sl) m
• Spanish: Filemón (es) m
• Swahili: Filemoni (sw)
• Swedish: Filemon
• Tagalog: Filemon (tl) m
• Waray-Waray: Filemon
• Welsh: Philemon (cy) m
• West Frisian: Filémon
• Zealandic: Filemon

male given name

• Afrikaans: Filemon (af)
• Arabic: فِلِيمُون (filīmūn)
• Armenian: Փիլիմոն (hy) (Pʻilimon)
• Basque: Filemon (eu)
• Breton: Filemon (br) m
• Cebuano: Filemon
• Chinese:

  Eastern Min: 腓利門／腓利门 (Pì-lé-muòng)

  Mandarin: 菲利蒙 (Fēilìméng)

• Coptic: Ⲫⲓⲗⲏⲙⲱⲛ (Philēmōn)
• Corsican: Filemone (co)
• Czech: Filemonovi
• Danish: Filemon
• Dutch: Filemon (nl) m
• Estonian: Fileemonile
• Faroese: Filemon m
• Finnish: Filemon (fi)
• French: Philémon (fr) m
• German: Philemon (de)
• Greek: Φιλήμων (el) m (Filímon)

  Ancient: Φιλήμων m (Philḗmōn)

• Greenlandic: Fiilimuu (kl)
• Hawaiian: Pilemona
• Hungarian: Filemon (hu)
• Icelandic: Fílemon m
• Ido: Filemon (io) m
• Ingrian: Filimoni
• Irish: Filéamón (ga) m
• Italian: Filemone (it) m
• Japanese: ピレモン (Piremon)
• Korean: 필레몬 (pillemon)
• Latin: Philemonem (la)
• Latvian: Filemons m
• Limburgish: Filemon
• Lithuanian: Filemonas m
• Lombard: Filémun (eastern)
• Maltese: Filemon (mt) m
• Manx: Philemon (gv)
• Maori: Pirimona (mi)
• Norwegian: Filemon (no)
• Polish: Filemon (pl)
• Portuguese: Filémon (pt) m, Filêmon m, Filemom (pt) m
• Romanian: Filimon m
• Russian: Филимо́н (ru) (Filimón)
• Scots: Philemon
• Scottish Gaelic: Philemon (gd) m
• Slovak: Filemonovi m
• Slovene: Filemon (sl) m
• Spanish: Filemón (es)
• Swahili: Filemoni (sw)
• Swedish: Filemon
• Tagalog: Filemon (tl) m
• Waray-Waray: Filemon
• Welsh: Philemon (cy) m
• West Frisian: Filémon
• Zealandic: Filemon

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Philemon is the 39164^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 562 individuals. Philemon is most common among White (46.09%) and Black/African American (44.48%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Philemon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Latin

Alternative forms

• Philēmō

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φιλήμων (Philḗmōn), from φιλήμων (philḗmōn, “kindly, affectionate”), from φιλέω (philéō, “I love”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pʰiˈleː.moːn/, [pʰɪˈɫ̪eːmoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fiˈle.mon/, [fiˈlɛːmon]

Proper noun

Philēmōn m sg (genitive Philēmonis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Philemon (a pious rustic, the husband of Baucis, who gave hospitality to Zeus)

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Philēmōn
Genitive	Philēmonis Philēmōnis
Dative	Philēmonī Philēmōnī
Accusative	Philēmonem Philēmōnem
Ablative	Philēmone Philēmōne
Vocative	Philēmōn

References

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