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

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Κωνστᾰντῖνος (Kōnstantînos)
  • Greek: Κωνσταντίνος (Konstantínos)
• Albanian: Kostandin
• Armenian: Կոստանդին (Kostandin)
• Catalan: Constantí
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 康斯坦丁 (Kāngsītǎndīng)

• Danish: Konstantin
• Dutch: Constantijn
• Esperanto: Konstantino
• Finnish: Konsta, Kosti, (emperors) Konstantinus
• French: Constantin
• German: Konstantin (Constantin)
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌿𐍃 (kustanteinus)
• Irish: Constaintín
• Italian: Costantino
• Japanese: コンスタンティノス (Konsutantinosu)
• 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
• Russian: Константи́н (Konstantín)
• 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.