Προκόπιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Koine προκοπ(ή) f (prokop(ḗ), “progress forward to prosperity; advancement toward success; improvement by diligence”) +‎ -ῐος (-ios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /proˈko.pi.os/ → /proˈko.pi.os/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /proˈko.pi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /proˈko.pi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /proˈko.pi.os/

Proper noun

Προκόπιος • (Prokópios) m (genitive Προκοπίου); second declension (Koine)

1. Procopius or Prokopios:
   • A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Saint Procopius, an early Christian martyr of the 3rd century C.E.
   • A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Procopius, a Roman imperial usurper of the 4th century C.E.
   • A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Procopius of Caesarea, a Byzantine Greek historian of the 6th century C.E.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Προκόπῐος; τοῦ Προκοπῐ́ου (Medieval, Koine, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Προκόπῐος ho Prokópios
Genitive	τοῦ Προκοπῐ́ου toû Prokopíou
Dative	τῷ Προκοπῐ́ῳ tôi Prokopíōi
Accusative	τὸν Προκόπῐον tòn Prokópion
Vocative	Προκόπῐε Prokópie
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Basque: Prokopio
• Belarusian: Прако́п (Prakóp), Прако́пій (Prakópij), Прако́фій (Prakófij)
  • → English: Prakofiy
• Bulgarian: Проко́пий (Prokópij)
• → Czech: Prokopios, Prokop, ⇒ Prokůpek
• → English: Prokopios
• → Esperanto: Prokopio
• → Finnish: Prokopios
• → German: Prokopios, Prokop
• Byzantine Greek: Προκόπιος (Prokópios)
  • Greek: Προκόπιος (Prokópios), Προκόπης (Prokópis)
• → Hungarian: Prokopiosz
• Latin: Procopius
  • Catalan: Procopi
  • → Danish: Procopius
  • → Dutch: Procopius
  • → English: Procopius
  • → Finnish: Procopius
  • French: Procope
  • Galician: Procopio
  • Italian: Procopio
  • Occitan: Procòpi
  • Portuguese: Procópio
  • Romanian: Procopius, Procopie
  • Spanish: Procopio
  • → Swedish: Procopius
• Latvian: Prokopijs
• Lithuanian: Prokopas
• Polish: Prokopiusz, Prokop
• Slovak: Prokop
• Slovene: Prokopij
• Russian: Проко́п (Prokóp), Проко́пий (Prokópij), Проко́фий (Prokófij), ⇒ Проко́фьев (Prokófʹjev)
  • → English: Prokofi, → Prokofiev
  • → French: Prokofi
  • → German: Prokofi
• Ukrainian: Прокі́п (Prokíp), Проко́пій (Prokópij), ⇒ Прокопе́нко (Prokopénko), Проко́фій (Prokófij)
  • → English: Prokofy, → Prokopenko

Further reading

• “Προκόπιος”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek Προκόπιος (Prokópios).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈko.pi.os/
• Hyphenation: Προ‧κό‧πι‧ος

Proper noun

Προκόπιος • (Prokópios) m (plural Προκόπιοι)

1. (formal) a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Procopius

Derived terms

• Προκόπης (Prokópis) (familiar, not formal)