Iustinianus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Jūstīniānus === Etymology === From Iūstīnus (“Justin”) +‎ -iānus, a proper name from Proto-Italic *jowestos (“just, right, lawful”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- (“upright; justice, law”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [juːs.tiː.niˈaː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [jus.ti.niˈaː.nus] === Proper noun === Iūstīniānus m sg (genitive Iūstīniānī); second declension a male given name from Iūstīnus, feminine equivalent Iūstīniāna, equivalent to Koine Greek Ἰουστινιανός (Ioustinianós) or English Justinian Justinian: a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Justinian I 'the Great' (c. 482–565 CE), Byzantine Roman Emperor (coregent with Empress Theodora) who sought restoration of the classical Roman Empire, leading the Byzantine Empire to reach its historic geographic peak in the mid-6th century ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === Adjective === Iūstīniānus (feminine Iūstīniāna, neuter Iūstīniānum); first/second-declension adjective Justinian, Justinianian; of, belonging to, pertaining to, or relating to the emperors Jūstīnus (Justin) or Jūstīniānus (Justinian) ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== Iūstīniāna Iūstīniānēus ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “Justinianus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 875. Iustinianus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 503 “Justinianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Iustinianus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers