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Latin
Etymology
Most probably of ultimate Semitic origin, the name probably meaning "faithful". May be compared with Hebrew אַמְנוֹן (amnón), the given name of David's eldest son, or, according to one variant, Hebrew אֲמִינון (aminon). Compare Arabic ء م ن (ʔ m n) and Hebrew א־מ־ן (ʾ-m-n), and Egyptian jmn (“Amun”).
The semivowel in the -iānus component may be explained by popular Latin naming conventions in Ammian's time, see Grātiānus, Valentīniānus etc., and may have been an effort to "latinize" his native name.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ammiānus m (genitive Ammiānī); second declension
- A masculine praenomen, famously held by:
- Ammianus Marcellinus, a 4th century Roman historian from Roman Syria or Phoenicia
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Descendants
All borrowed.
References
- “Ammĭānus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ammianus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.