Iosue

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshúa'), and cognate of Iēsus (itself through Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs))

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /i.oˈsuː.e/, [iɔˈs̠uːɛ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.oˈsu.e/, [ioˈs̬uːe]

Proper noun

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

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

Declension

Indeclinable noun or first-declension noun, singular only.

Case	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

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.

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