Beniamin
Latin
Alternative forms
- Benjamin (used in the Vulgate)
- Beniāmīnus (used in the Epitome Historiae Sacrae)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βενιαμίν (Beniamín).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɛˈni.a.mɪn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [beˈniː.a.min]
Proper noun
Beniamin m (indeclinable)
- (Late Latin) Benjamin (the youngest son of the Hebrew patriarch Jacob)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “Benjămin”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Benjamin in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 214/3.
Old English
Etymology
From Latin Beniamin
Proper noun
Beniamin m
- a male given name
References
- Cook, Albert, S. Biblical quotations in Old English Prose writers, page, 69.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbe.nja.min]
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Beniamin m (genitive/dative lui Beniamin)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Benjamin