Maccabaeus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Machabaeus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μᾰκκᾰβαῖος (Măkkăbaîos), from Biblical Hebrew מַכַּבִּי (makkabbī).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mak.kaˈbae̯.us/, [mäkːäˈbäe̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mak.kaˈbe.us/, [mäkːäˈbɛːus]

Noun

Maccabaeus m (genitive Maccabaeī); second declension

1. (biblical) Maccabee

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Maccabaeus	Maccabaeī
genitive	Maccabaeī	Maccabaeōrum
dative	Maccabaeō	Maccabaeīs
accusative	Maccabaeum	Maccabaeōs
ablative	Maccabaeō	Maccabaeīs
vocative	Maccabaee	Maccabaeī

Descendants

• English: Maccabee

Further reading

• Liber I Maccabaeorum on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la
• Liber II Maccabaeorum on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la