Iordanes

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

  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