Moyses

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Moyses, from Ancient Greek Μωϋσῆς (Mōüsês), from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê).

Proper noun

Moyses

1. Synonym of Moses (the Hebrew prophet)

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 Μωϋσῆς (Mōüsês).

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.

	singular
nominative	Mōȳsēs
genitive	Mōȳsis Mōȳsī
dative	Mōȳsī
accusative	Mōȳsēn
ablative	Mōȳse
vocative	Mōȳsēs

Descendants

• → Breton: Moizez
• → Catalan: Moisès
• → Czech: Mojžíš
• → Old Irish: Moysi
• → French: Moïse
• → Friulian: Moisès
• → Galician: Moisés
• → Polish: Mojżesz
• → Portuguese: Moisés
• → Slovak: Mojžiš
• → Slovene: Mojzes
• → Spanish: Moisés

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.