Confucius
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin Confucius, from Mandarin 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ, “Master Kong”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Confucius
- Western name of Kong Qiu (孔丘), an influential Chinese philosopher who lived 551 BCE – 479 BCE.
- (very rare) A male given name.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Chinese philosopher
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See also[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]
Proper noun[edit]
Confucius m (genitive Confuciī); 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:
Inflection[edit]
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Confucius |
Genitive | Confuciī |
Dative | Confuciō |
Accusative | Confucium |
Ablative | Confuciō |
Vocative | Confucie |
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