Ionathas

Latin

Alternative forms

• Jōnāthān/Iōnāthān
• Jōnāthās

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾱ́θης (Iōnā́thēs), itself from Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹנָתָן (Yehonatán).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i̯oːˈnaː.tʰaːs/, [i̯oːˈnäːt̪ʰäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /joˈna.tas/, [joˈnäːt̪äs]

Proper noun

Iōnāthās m sg (genitive Iōnāthae); first declension

1. Jonathan

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Iōnāthās
Genitive	Iōnāthae
Dative	Iōnāthae
Accusative	Iōnāthān
Ablative	Iōnāthā
Vocative	Iōnāthā

Descendants

• Italian: Gionata

References

• “Ionathas” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present