Ματθαῖος

See also: Ματθαίος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

According to Strong, from Aramaic מַתַּי (mattay). Compare also Ματταθίας (Mattathías, “Mattathias”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ματθαῖος • (Matthaîos) m (genitive Ματθαίου); second declension

  1. a male given name from Aramaic, equivalent to English Matthew (disciple of Jesus in Christianity)

Usage notes

The variant Μαθθαῖος (Maththaîos) is found on earlier manuscripts.

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Ματθαῖος; τοῦ Ματθαίου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ματθαῖος
ho Matthaîos
Genitive τοῦ Ματθαίου
toû Matthaíou
Dative τῷ Ματθαίῳ
tôi Matthaíōi
Accusative τὸν Ματθαῖον
tòn Matthaîon
Vocative Ματθαῖε
Matthaîe
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

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