Iustinus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From iūstus (just, fair, righteous) + -īnus, from Proto-Italic *jowestos (just, lawful), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- (upright; justice, law).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Iūstīnus m sg (genitive Iūstīnī); second declension

  1. a male given name, feminine equivalent Iūstīna, equivalent to Koine Greek Ἰουστῖνος (Ioustînos) or English Justin
  2. Justin:

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Iūstīnus
Genitive Iūstīnī
Dative Iūstīnō
Accusative Iūstīnum
Ablative Iūstīnō
Vocative Iūstīne

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Byzantine Greek: Ἰουστῖνος (Ioustînos)
    • Greek: Ιουστίνος (Ioustínos)
    • Russian: Иусти́н (Iustín)
  • Aragonese: Chustín
  • Catalan: Justí
  • Dutch: Justinus
  • English: Justin
    • Russian: Джа́стин (Džástin)
  • Estonian: Justinus
  • Faroese: Jústinus
  • Finnish: Justinus
  • French: Justin
  • German: Justin
  • Galician: Xustino
  • Hungarian: Iusztinosz
  • Italian: Giustino
  • Latvian: Justīns
  • Neapolitan: Giustino
  • Romanian: Iustin
  • Sardinian: Giustinu
  • Sicilian: Giustinu
  • Polish: Justyn
  • Portuguese: Justino
  • Russian: Юсти́н (Justín)
  • Slovene: Justin
  • Spanish: Justín

Further reading

  • Iustinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 875.
  • Iustinus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 503
  • Justinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Iustinus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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