Constantinus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin Cōnstāns / Cōnstantius

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin Constantīnus

Patronymic from Cōnstāns / Cōnstantius +‎ -īnus. Compare Valentīnus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kõː.stanˈtiː.nʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kon.stanˈtiː.nus]

Proper noun

Cōnstantīnus m sg (genitive Cōnstantīnī, feminine Cōnstantīna); second declension

^{The template Template:la-cognomen does not use the parameter(s): nodot=1
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Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cōnstantīnus
genitive	Cōnstantīnī
dative	Cōnstantīnō
accusative	Cōnstantīnum
ablative	Cōnstantīnō
vocative	Cōnstantīne

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Κωνστᾰντῖνος (Kōnstăntînos)
- Greek: Κωνσταντίνος (Konstantínos); Κώστας (Kóstas)
  - → English: Costas
- → Arabic: قُسْطَنْطِين (qusṭanṭīn)
- → Armenian: Կոստանդին (Kostandin)
- → Ge'ez: ቈስታንቲኖስ (ḳʷästantinos)
  - → Amharic: ቆስጠንጢኖስ (ḳosṭänṭinos)
- → Georgian: კონსტანტინე (ḳonsṭanṭine)
- → Japanese: コンスタンティノス (Konsutantinosu)
- → Russian: Константи́н (Konstantín)
→ Albanian: Kostandin
→ Bulgarian: Костадин (Kostadin), Константин (Konstantin)
→ Cantonese: 君士坦丁 (gwan¹ si⁶ taan² ding¹)
- → Korean: 군사탄정 (gunsatanjeong)
→ Catalan: Constantí
→ Danish: Konstantin
→ Dutch: Constantijn
→ English: Constantine
- → Chinese: 康斯坦丁 (Kāngsītǎndīng)
→ Esperanto: Konstantino
→ Finnish: Konstantinus, ⇒ Konsta, ⇒ Kosti
→ French: Constantin
→ German: Konstantin (Constantin)
→ Gothic: 𐌺𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌿𐍃 (kustanteinus)
→ Irish: Constaintín
→ Italian: Costantino
→ Japanese: コンスタンティヌス (Konsutantinusu)
→ Korean: 콘스탄티누스 (konseutantinuseu)
→ Latvian: Konstantīns
→ Lithuanian: Konstantinas
→ Low German: Konstantin
→ Macedonian: Константин (Konstantin), ⇒ Костадин (Kostadin)
→ Norwegian: Konstantin
→ Old Galician-Portuguese: Costantin
→ Old Spanish: Costantin
→ Polish: Konstantyn
→ Portuguese: Constantino
→ Romanian: Constantin, ⇒ Costin
→ Spanish: Constantino
→ Swedish: Konstantin
→ Turkish: Konstantin
→ Welsh: Cystennin
→ Ukrainian: Костянтин (Kostjantyn)

References

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