Christopherus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
A variant of Latin Chrīstophorus.
Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʰriːsˈtɔ.pʰɛ.rʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [krisˈt̪ɔː.fe.rus]
Proper noun
Chrīstopherus m sg (genitive Chrīstopherī); second declension
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Chrīstophorus, equivalent to English Christopher
- Saint Christopher; Christopher Columbus
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Chrīstopherus |
| genitive | Chrīstopherī |
| dative | Chrīstopherō |
| accusative | Chrīstopherum |
| ablative | Chrīstopherō |
| vocative | Chrīstophere |
Descendants
- Danish: Christoffer, Kristoffer
- Dutch: Christoffel, Christophe, Kristof
- Middle English: Kristoffer, Cristofre
- English: Christopher
- French: Christophe
- German: Christoph, Christoffer
- Italian: Cristofero
- Icelandic: Kristófer
- Ligurian: Christoffa
- Norwegian: Christopher, Christoffer, Kristoffer
- Old Spanish: Cristóval
- Spanish: Cristóbal
- Basque: Kristobal
- Portuguese: Cristóvão
- Swedish: Christoffer, Kristoffer