Iordanes

Latin

Alternative forms

• Jordanēs
• Iordānis (used in Lhomond's Epitome)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), a borrowing from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [iˈɔr.da.neːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [jorˈdaː.nes], [ˈjɔr.da.nes]

Proper noun

Iordanēs m sg (genitive Iordanae or Iordanis); variously declined, first declension, third declension

View of the river

1. the river Jordan
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Jordanes
3. Jordanes (a sixth-century historian)

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Iordanēs
genitive	Iordanae
dative	Iordanae
accusative	Iordanēn
ablative	Iordanē
vocative	Iordanē

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Iordanēs
genitive	Iordanis
dative	Iordanī
accusative	Iordanem
ablative	Iordane
vocative	Iordanēs

Descendants

• English: Jordanes
• French: Jordanès
• Italian: Giordano