Moyses

German

Proper noun

Moyses m (proper noun, strong, genitive Moysis)

1. Obsolete form of Moses (“the biblical figure Moses”).

Latin

Alternative forms

• Mōsēs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μωυσῆς (Mōusês).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /moːˈyː.seːs/, [moːˈyːs̠eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /moˈi.ses/, [moˈiːs̬es]

Proper noun

Mōȳsēs m sg (genitive Mōȳsis or Mōȳsī); third declension

1. Moses

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mōȳsēs
Genitive	Mōȳsis Mōȳsī
Dative	Mōȳsī
Accusative	Mōȳsēn
Ablative	Mōȳse
Vocative	Mōȳsēs

Descendants

• → Old Irish: Moysi

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Proper noun

Moyses m

1. Obsolete spelling of Moisés.