Ioannes

Latin

Alternative forms

• (with nominatives ending in -ēs) Iōannēs, Iōhannēs, Jōannēs, Jōhannēs
• (with nominatives ending in -is) Iōannis, Jōannis

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), a contraction of the Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Jōħānān); see John for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i̯oːˈan.neːs/, [i̯oːˈänːeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /joˈan.nes/, [joˈänːes]

Proper noun

Iōannēs m sg (genitive Iōannis); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English John.
2. John (biblical persons)
   1. John the Baptist
   2. John the Evangelist

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Iōannēs
Genitive	Iōannis
Dative	Iōannī
Accusative	Iōannem
Ablative	Iōanne
Vocative	Iōannēs

Descendants

• Albanian: Gjon
• Aragonese: Chuan
• Asturian: Xuan
• English: John
• Catalan: Joan
• Czech: Jan
• Danish: Jens, Jes
• Dutch: Jan
• French: Jean
• Friulian: Ğuan, Zuan
• Galician: Xoán
• German: Hans, Johann, Johannes

• Hungarian: János
• Irish: Eoin, Seán
• Italian: Giovanni
• Occitan: Joan
• Polish: Jan
• Portuguese: João
• Romanian: Ioan
• Sardinian: Giuanni
• Serbo-Croatian: Ivan, Jovan
• Sicilian: Giuvanni
• Spanish: Juan
• Swedish: Jan
• Venetian: Giovani, Zani
• Welsh: Ieuan, Ioan, Siôn

References

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