Iosias

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰωσίᾱς (Iōsíās), derived from Biblical Hebrew יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ (Yōʾšīyyāhū).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Iōsīās m sg (genitive Iōsīae); first declension

  1. (biblical) Josiah

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

singular
nominative Iōsīās
genitive Iōsīae
dative Iōsīae
accusative Iōsīān
ablative Iōsīā
vocative Iōsīā

References

  • Iosias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Iosias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.