Iosephus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Iōsēph, Jōsēphus
• Iōsēpphus (Vulgar Latin)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (Yoséf).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [joːˈseː.pʰʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [joˈs̬ɛː.fus]
• Hyphenation: Iō‧sē‧phus

Proper noun

Iōsēphus m (genitive Iōsēphī); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Iōsēphus	Iōsēphī
genitive	Iōsēphī	Iōsēphōrum
dative	Iōsēphō	Iōsēphīs
accusative	Iōsēphum	Iōsēphōs
ablative	Iōsēphō	Iōsēphīs
vocative	Iōsēphe	Iōsēphī

Derived terms

• Iōsēphopolis

Descendants

• Franco-Provençal: Jóusè
• Emilian: Giüsèpp, Giuśèpe, Iuśêf
• Lombard: Giüsèp
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Corsican: Ghjaseppu
  • Italian: Giuseppe
  • Sicilian: Juseppi, Giuseppi
    • → Maltese: Ġużeppi
• French: José
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: Josep
  • Occitan: Josèp
• Romansh: Giusep, Gisep
• Venetan: Juxepe
• West Iberian
  • Asturian: Xosepe, Xipo, Xepo, Xepe
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: Josep, Josefo, Joseph, Josepho, Josephus
    • Galician: Xosé
    • Portuguese: José
  • Old Spanish: Josep, Joseph, José
    • Spanish: José
      • → Asturian: Xosé

Borrowings

• → Albanian: Jozef, Josef
• → Basque: Joseba
• → Breton: Jozeb
• → Cimbrian: Josef, Sèpp
• → Czech: Josef
• → Danish: Josef
• → Dutch: Jozef
  • Afrikaans: Josef, Joesoef
• → English: Joseph, Jos.
  • → Māori: Hōhepa
• → Estonian: Joosep
• → Faroese: Jósef
• → Finnish: Jooseppi, Juokka
• → Old French: Joseph
  • French: Joseph
  • Walloon: Djôzef
  • → Irish: Seosamh
• → German: Josef, Joseph
• → Hungarian: József
  • ⇒ Hungarian: Jóska (diminutive)
    • German: Joschka
• → Icelandic: Jósef
• → Middle Irish: Ióseph
  • Irish: Iósaf, Iósaef
  • Scottish Gaelic: Eòsaph
• → Latvian: Jāzeps
• → Lithuanian: Juozapas
• → Polish: Józef
• → Scottish Gaelic: Seòsaidh
• → Slovak: Jozef
• → Slovene: Jožef
• → Swedish: Josef
• → Upper Sorbian: Józef
• → Vilamovian: Juza
• → Welsh: Ioseff
• → West Frisian: Joazef

References

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