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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Biblical Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattiṯyāhū, literally “gift of YHWH (the Lord)”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Matthaeus m sg (genitive Matthaeī); second declension
- a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin
- Matthew the Evangelist, one of the twelve Apostles. A publican or tax-collector at Capernaum and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Matthew.
- (biblical) The Gospel of St. Matthew, the first book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the first of the four gospels, a book attributed to Matthew the Evangelist.
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Descendants
- Borrowings
See also
References
- “Matthaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Matthaeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.