Iordanes

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Jordanēs Iordānis (used in Lhomond's Epitome) === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), a borrowing from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [iˈɔr.da.neːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [jorˈdaː.nes], [ˈjɔr.da.nes] === Proper noun === Iordanēs m sg (genitive Iordanae or Iordanis); variously declined, first declension, third declension the river Jordan a male given name, equivalent to English Jordanes Jordanes (a sixth-century historian) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs), singular only. Third-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ====