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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (Yoséf).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Iōsēphus m (genitive Iōsēphī); second declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Borrowings
References
- “Iosephus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Iosephus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.