Ἱερώνυμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἱερός (hierós, “holy, sacred”) +‎ ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hiː.e.rɔ̌ː.ny.mos/ → /i.eˈro.ny.mos/ → /i.eˈro.ni.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hiː.e.rɔ̌ː.ny.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)i.eˈro.ny.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.eˈro.ny.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.eˈro.ny.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.eˈro.ni.mos/

Proper noun

Ῑ̔ερώνῠμος • (Hīerṓnŭmos) m (genitive Ῑ̔ερωνῠ́μου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hieronymus

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Ἱερώνυμος; τοῦ Ἱερωνύμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἱερώνυμος ho Hierṓnumos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἱερωνύμου toû Hierōnúmou
Dative	τῷ Ἱερωνύμῳ tōî Hierōnúmōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἱερώνυμον tòn Hierṓnumon
Vocative	Ἱερώνυμε Hierṓnume
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• Greek: Ιερώνυμος (Ierónymos), Ιερόνυμος (Ierónymos), Γερώνυμος (Gerónymos), Γερόνυμος (Gerónymos)
• → Hebrew: הירונימוס
• → Japanese: ヒエロニムス (Hieronimusu)
• → Korean: 히에로니무스 (Hieronimuseu)
• → Latin: Hieronymus (see there for further descendants)
• → Romanian: Ieronim
• → Russian: Иероним (Ijeronim)
• → Serbo-Croatian: Јероним, Jeronim
• → Ukrainian: Ієронім (Ijeronim)

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013