Iustinianus

Latin

Justinian reconquered much of the Western Empire to reunite the Latin West and Greek East of the Roman Empire

Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora mosaics (Ravenna, Italy).

Alternative forms

• Jūstīniānus

Etymology

From Iūstīnus (“Justin”) +‎ -iānus, a proper name from Proto-Italic *jowestos (“just, right, lawful”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- (“upright; justice, law”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i̯uːs.tiː.niˈaː.nus/, [i̯uːs̠t̪iːniˈäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /jus.ti.niˈa.nus/, [just̪iniˈäːnus]

Proper noun

Iūstīniānus m sg (genitive Iūstīniānī); second declension

1. a male given name from Iūstīnus, feminine equivalent Iūstīniāna, equivalent to Koine Greek Ἰουστινιανός (Ioustinianós) or English Justinian
2. Justinian:
   • a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Justinian I 'the Great' (c. 482–565 C.E.), Byzantine Roman Emperor (coregent with Empress Theodora) who sought restoration of the classical Roman Empire, leading the Byzantine Empire to reach its historic geographic peak in the mid-6th century

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Iūstīniānus
genitive	Iūstīniānī
dative	Iūstīniānō
accusative	Iūstīniānum
ablative	Iūstīniānō
vocative	Iūstīniāne

Adjective

Iūstīniānus (feminine Iūstīniāna, neuter Iūstīniānum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Justinian, Justinianian; of, belonging to, pertaining to, or relating to the emperors Jūstīnus (Justin) or Jūstīniānus (Justinian)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Iūstīniānus	Iūstīniāna	Iūstīniānum		Iūstīniānī	Iūstīniānae	Iūstīniāna
genitive	Iūstīniānī	Iūstīniānae	Iūstīniānī		Iūstīniānōrum	Iūstīniānārum	Iūstīniānōrum
dative	Iūstīniānō	Iūstīniānae	Iūstīniānō		Iūstīniānīs
accusative	Iūstīniānum	Iūstīniānam	Iūstīniānum		Iūstīniānōs	Iūstīniānās	Iūstīniāna
ablative	Iūstīniānō	Iūstīniānā	Iūstīniānō		Iūstīniānīs
vocative	Iūstīniāne	Iūstīniāna	Iūstīniānum		Iūstīniānī	Iūstīniānae	Iūstīniāna

Derived terms

• Iūstīniāna
• Iūstīniānēus

Descendants

• → Byzantine Greek: Ἰουστινιανός (Ioustinianós)
  • Greek: Ιουστινιανός (Ioustinianós)
• Aragonese: Chustinián
• Asturian: Xustinianu
• Catalan: Justinià
• → Czech: Justinián
• → Danish: Justinian
• → Dutch: Justinianus
• → English: Justinian
• → Estonian: Justinianus
• → Finnish: Justinianus
• French: Justinien
• → German: Justinian
• Galician: Xustiniano
• → Hungarian: Iusztinianosz
• → Icelandic: Justinianus
• Italian: Giustiniano
• → Latvian: Justiniāns
• Neapolitan: Giustiniano
• Occitan: Justinian
• Romanian: Iustinian
• Sardinian: Giustinianu
• Sicilian: Giustinianu, Justinianu
• → Polish: Justynian
• Portuguese: Justiniano
• → Russian: Юстиниа́н (Justinián)
• → Slovene: Justinijan
• → Slovak: Justinián
• → Swedish: Justinianus
• Spanish: Justiniano
• → Ukrainian: Юстиніа́н (Justynián)

Further reading

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