Maimonides

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Maimōnidēs, from Ancient Greek Μαϊμωνίδης (Maïmōnídēs), a translation of Hebrew בֵּן מַיְמוֹן (ben maymon) or Arabic اِبْن مَيْمُون (ibn maymūn), both meaning “son of Maymon”.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /maɪˈmɑnədiz/

Proper noun

Maimonides

1. A medieval Jewish philosopher.

Translations

medieval Jewish philosopher

• French: Maïmonide
• German: Maimonides
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Μαϊμωνίδης (Maïmōnídēs)

• Hebrew: רמב״ם (ramba"m), רבי משה בן מימון (rabí moshé ben maimón)
• Italian: Maimonide
• Latin: Maimōnidēs m
• Russian: Маймони́д m (Majmoníd)
• Yiddish: רמב״ם (rambam)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μαϊμωνίδης (Maïmōnídēs), a translation of Medieval Hebrew בן-מימון (ben maimon) or Arabic اِبْن مَيْمُون (ibn maymūn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ma.iˈmoː.ni.deːs/, [mäɪˈmoːnɪd̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.iˈmo.ni.des/, [mäiˈmɔːnid̪es]

Proper noun

Maimōnidēs m sg (genitive Maimōnidae); first declension

1. Maimonides

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Maimōnidēs
Genitive	Maimōnidae
Dative	Maimōnidae
Accusative	Maimōnidēn
Ablative	Maimōnidē
Vocative	Maimōnidē

Further reading

• Moses Maimonides on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la