Ioannes

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Iōhannēs, Iōannis, Iōhannis Jōannēs, Jōhannēs, Jōannis, Jōhannis === Etymology === From the Koine Greek Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννης (Ĭōắnnēs), a contraction of the Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān); see English John for more. The pattern was changed from a first declension pattern to a third declension pattern. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [joːˈan.neːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [joˈan.nes] or (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [i.oːˈan.neːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.oˈan.nes] === Proper noun === Iōannēs m sg (genitive Iōannis); third declension a male given name from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs) [in turn from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān, “God is gracious”)], equivalent to English John John (biblical persons) John the Baptist John the Evangelist ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== Borrowings Unsorted borrowings === References === “Jōannes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Jōannis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Ioannes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.