Iacobus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Iācōpus (Epigraphic Latin) Jācōbus === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ, literally “May He Heel”), from the third-person singular masculine imperfective form of the Semitic verb "to heel" (with various meanings), in turn from עָקֵב (ʿāqēḇ, “heel of the foot”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [jaːˈkoː.bʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [jaˈkɔː.bus] === Proper noun === Iācōbus m (genitive Iācōbī); second declension a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob or James ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Late Latin: Iacomus Sānctus Iācōbus (“Saint James”):