Confucius
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin Confucius, from Mandarin 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ, “Master Kong”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Confucius
- Western name of Kong Qiu (孔丘), an influential Chinese philosopher who lived 551 B.C.E. – 479 B.C.E..
- (very rare) A male given name from Latin.
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Translations[edit]
Chinese philosopher
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin Confucius, from Mandarin 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ, “Master Kong”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Confucius m
Related terms[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Confucius, from Mandarin 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ, “Master Kong”).
Proper noun[edit]
Confucius
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Mandarin 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ, “Master Kong”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈfuː.ki.us/, [kõːˈfuː.ki.ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈfu.t͡ʃi.us/, [kɔnˈfuː.t͡ʃi.us]
Proper noun[edit]
Cōnfūcius m sg (genitive Cōnfūciī or Cōnfūcī); second declension
- Confucius
- 1687, Philippe Couplet, Confucius, Sinarum Philosophus:
- CUM FU CU, ſive Confucius quem Sinenſes uti Principem Philoſophiæ ſuæ ſequuntur, ...
- 1698, Johann Jacob Hofmann, Lexicon Universale:
- CONFUTIUS, dictus Socrates Sinenſis, tum quia huic σύγχρονος, tum quia morum imprimis Doctrinam excoluit.
- 1826, Stanislaus Julien translating Mencius as Meng Tseu, p. 46:
- Confucius aiebat...
- Confucius said...
- Confucius aiebat...
- 1687, Philippe Couplet, Confucius, Sinarum Philosophus:
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Cōnfūcius |
Genitive | Cōnfūciī Cōnfūcī1 |
Dative | Cōnfūciō |
Accusative | Cōnfūcium |
Ablative | Cōnfūciō |
Vocative | Cōnfūcī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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