Προκόπιος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Koine προκοπ(ή) f (prokop(ḗ), “progress forward to prosperity; advancement toward success; improvement by diligence”) + -ῐος (-ios).
Pronunciation
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /proˈko.pi.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /proˈko.pi.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /proˈko.pi.os/
Proper noun
Προκόπιος • (Prokópios) m (genitive Προκοπίου); second declension (Koine) [1]
- Procopius or Prokopios:
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Saint Procopius, an early Christian martyr of the 3rd century C.E.
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Procopius, a Roman imperial usurper of the 4th century C.E.
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Procopius of Caesarea, a Byzantine Greek historian of the 6th century C.E.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Προκόπῐος ho Prokópios | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Προκοπῐ́ου toû Prokopíou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Προκοπῐ́ῳ tôi Prokopíōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Προκόπῐον tòn Prokópion | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Προκόπῐε Prokópie | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Basque: Prokopio
- Belarusian: Прако́п (Prakóp), Прако́пій (Prakópij), Прако́фій (Prakófij)
- → English: Prakofiy
- Bulgarian: Проко́пий (Prokópij)
- → Czech: Prokopios, Prokop, ⇒ Prokůpek
- → English: Prokopios
- → Esperanto: Prokopio
- → Finnish: Prokopios
- → German: Prokopios, Prokop
- Byzantine Greek: Προκόπιος (Prokópios)
- → Hungarian: Prokopiosz
- Latin: Procopius
- Latvian: Prokopijs
- Lithuanian: Prokopas
- Polish: Prokopiusz, Prokop
- Slovak: Prokop
- Slovene: Prokopij
- Russian: Проко́п (Prokóp), Проко́пий (Prokópij), Проко́фий (Prokófij), ⇒ Проко́фьев (Prokófʹjev)
- Ukrainian: Прокі́п (Prokíp), Проко́пій (Prokópij), ⇒ Прокопе́нко (Prokopénko), Проко́фій (Prokófij)
- → English: Prokofy, → Prokopenko
References
Further reading
- “Προκόπιος”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Koine Greek Προκόπιος (Prokópios).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Προκόπιος • (Prokópios) m (plural Προκόπιοι)
- (formal) a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Procopius
Derived terms
- Προκόπης (Prokópis) (familiar, not formal)