Constantinus

Latin

Etymology

cōnstāns (“constant, steadfast”) +‎ -īnus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.stanˈtiː.nus/, [kõːs̠t̪än̪ˈt̪iːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.stanˈti.nus/, [konst̪än̪ˈt̪iːnus]

Proper noun

Cōnstantīnus m sg (genitive Cōnstantīnī); second declension

1. Constantine, a cognomen in the gens Flāvia

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cōnstantīnus
Genitive	Cōnstantīnī
Dative	Cōnstantīnō
Accusative	Cōnstantīnum
Ablative	Cōnstantīnō
Vocative	Cōnstantīne

Derived terms

• Cōnstantīna
• Cōnstantīniānus
• Cōnstantīnōpolis

Descendants

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Κωνστᾰντῖνος (Kōnstantînos)
  • Greek: Κωνσταντίνος (Konstantínos); Κώστας (Kóstas)
    • → English: Costas
  • → Arabic: قُسْطَنْطِين (qusṭanṭīn)
  • → Armenian: Կոստանդին (Kostandin)
  • → Ge'ez: ቈስታንቲኖስ (ḳʷästantinos)
  • → Georgian: კონსტანტინე (ḳonsṭanṭine)
  • → Japanese: コンスタンティノス (Konsutantinosu)
  • → Russian: Константи́н (Konstantín)
• → Albanian: Kostandin
• → Bulgarian: Костадин (Kostadin), Константин (Konstantin)
• → Cantonese: 君士坦丁 (gwan¹ si⁶ taan² ding¹)
  • → Korean: 군사탄정 (gunsatanjeong)
• → Catalan: Constantí
• → Danish: Konstantin
• → Dutch: Constantijn
• → English: Constantine
  • → Chinese: 康斯坦丁 (Kāngsītǎndīng)
• → Esperanto: Konstantino
• → Finnish: Konstantinus, ⇒ Konsta, ⇒ Kosti
• → French: Constantin
• → German: Konstantin (Constantin)
• → Gothic: 𐌺𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌿𐍃 (kustanteinus)
• → Irish: Constaintín
• → Italian: Costantino
• → Japanese: コンスタンティヌス (Konsutantinusu)
• → Korean: 콘스탄티누스 (konseutantinuseu)
• → Latvian: Konstantīns
• → Lithuanian: Konstantinas
• → Low German: Konstantin
• → Macedonian: Константин (Konstantin), ⇒ Костадин (Kostadin)
• → Norwegian: Konstantin
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: Costantin
• → Old Spanish: Costantin
• → Polish: Konstantyn
• → Portuguese: Constantino
• → Romanian: Constantin, ⇒ Costin
• → Spanish: Constantino
• → Swedish: Konstantin
• → Turkish: Konstantin
• → Welsh: Cystenian

References

• “Constantinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Constantinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.