Timotheus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Tīmotheus.

Proper noun

Timotheus

1. Timothy, a companion of Paul. (biblical character)
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC:
     : Acts 16: 1-2:

     Then he came to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek.

Anagrams

• mouthiest

Danish

Proper noun

Timotheus

1. Timothy (biblical character)

Related terms

• (given name) Tim.

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Timotheus

1. (biblical) Timothy (biblical character)

Related terms

• (given names) Tim, Timm, Timo

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τῑμόθεος (Tīmótheos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tiːˈmo.tʰe.us/, [t̪iːˈmɔt̪ʰeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tiˈmo.te.us/, [t̪iˈmɔːt̪eus]

Proper noun

Tīmotheus m sg (genitive Tīmotheī); second declension

1. Timothy, a companion of Paul (biblical character)
   • Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, 16:1-2:

     Pervenit autem in Derben et Lystram. Et ecce discipulus quidam erat ibi nomine Timotheus, filius mulieris Iudaeae fidelis, patre autem Graeco; huic testimonium reddebant, qui in Lystris erant et Iconii fratres.

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Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Tīmotheus
genitive	Tīmotheī
dative	Tīmotheō
accusative	Tīmotheum
ablative	Tīmotheō
vocative	Tīmothee

References

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