Iosue

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshúa'). Cognate with Iēsūs, itself through Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i.oˈsuː.e/, [iɔˈs̠uːɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.oˈsu.e/, [ioˈs̬uːe]

Proper noun

Iosūe m sg (genitive Iosūe or Iosūae); indeclinable, variously declined, first declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Joshua
2. Joshua (biblical character)
3. the Book of Joshua

Declension

Indeclinable noun or first-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Iosūe
genitive	Iosūe Iosūae
dative	Iosūe Iosūae
accusative	Iosūe Iosūam
ablative	Iosūe Iosūā
vocative	Iosūe Iosūa

Descendants

• → Italian: Giosuè
• → Basque: Josue
• → French: Josué
• → Maltese: Ġożwè
• → German: Josua
• → Old English: Iosūe

Further reading

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

Old English

Etymology

From Latin Iosue, cognate with English Joshua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi͜u.suː.e/, [ˈi͜u.zuː.e]

Proper noun

Iosūe m

1. (biblical) Joshua

References

• Liber Vitae Ecclesiae Dunelmensis: Nec Non Obituaria Duo Ejusdem Ecclesiae (Durham Liber Vitae) page 154, line 1, recorded as "Iosue"