Moysen

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [moːˈyː.seːn], [moˈyː.seːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [moˈiː.s̬en]

Proper noun

Mō̆ȳsēn

1. genitive/accusative/ablative singular of Mō̆ȳsēs

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• Moysem, Moyses

Etymology

From Latin Mō̆ȳsēn, from Ancient Greek Μωϋσῆν (Mōüsên), accusative of Μωϋσῆς (Mōüsês), from Hebrew משה (moshé).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moi̯ˈzen/

Proper noun

Moysen m

1. (biblical) Moses
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 12r. col. 2:

     E moẏſen era paſtor ſobre las oueias de ſo ſuegro. E ueno a mõte deẏ oreb. Apparecioſ le nr̃o ſẽnor en la flama del fuego.

     And Moses shepherded the sheep of his father-in-law. And [when] he went to Mount Horeb Our Lord appeared to him in the flames of the fire.

Descendants

• Spanish: Moisén