Maccabaeus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Machabaeus === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Μᾰκκᾰβαῖος (Măkkăbaîos), from Biblical Hebrew מַכַּבִּי (makkabbī). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mak.kaˈbae̯.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [mak.kaˈbɛː.us] === Noun === Maccabaeus m (genitive Maccabaeī); second declension (biblical) Maccabee ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: macabeu → English: Maccabee → Portuguese: macabeu → Spanish: macabeo === Further reading === Liber I Maccabaeorum on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la Liber II Maccabaeorum on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la