Iosephus

Latin

Alternative forms

Iōsēph
Iōsēpphus (Vulgate spelling)

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: Io‧se‧phus

Proper noun

Iōsēphus m (genitive Iōsēphī); second declension

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
Romansch: Giusep, Gisep
Venetan: Juxepe
West Iberian
- Asturian: Xosé
- Old Galician-Portuguese: Josef
  - Portuguese: José
  - Galician: Xosé
- Old Spanish: Josep, Joseph, José
  - Spanish: José

Borrowings

→ Albanian: Jozef, Josef
→ Basque: Joseba
→ Breton: Jozeb
→ Cimbrian: Josef, Sèpp
→ Czech: Josef
→ Danish: Josef
→ Dutch: Jozef
- Afrikaans: Josef, Joesoef
→ English: Joseph, Jos.
- → Maori: Hohepa
→ 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.