Absalon

Absalon

1. A surname.

• Albanos

Absalon

1. a male given name, a variant of biblical Absalom best known for the bishop Absalon Hvide. Both names are very rare

• Axel, Aksel

Absalon m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• son of Absalon: Absalonsson
• daughter of Absalon: Absalonsdóttir

• Absalom

Absalon m

1. Absalom

Absalon m

1. a male given name

• Abessālōm
• Abessālōn

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀβεσαλώμ (Abesalṓm), derived from Biblical Hebrew אַבְשָׁלוֹם (Avshalóm).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈab.sa.loːn/, [ˈäps̠äɫ̪oːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈab.sa.lon/, [ˈäbsälon]

Absalōn m sg (genitive Absalōnis); third declension

1. (biblical) Absalom

Third-declension noun, singular only.

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

Learned borrowing from Latin Absalōn. First attested in c. 1500. Compare Polish Absalon.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /apsalʲɔn/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /apsalʲɔn/

Absalon m pers

1. (biblical) Absalom

• Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “Absalon”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Absalon c (genitive Absalons)

1. a male given name, the biblical character Absalom