Confucius
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Confucius, from Mandarin 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ, “Master Kong”).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
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.
Derived terms
Translations
Chinese philosopher
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See also
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Confucius, from Mandarin 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ, “Master Kong”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Confucius m
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Confucius, from Mandarin 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ, “Master Kong”).
Proper noun
Confucius
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Mandarin 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ, “Master Kong”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /konˈfuː.ki.us/, [kõːˈfuːkiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈfu.t͡ʃi.us/, [koɱˈfuːt͡ʃius]
Proper noun
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
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
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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