Moyses

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Moyses, from Ancient Greek Μωϋσῆς (Mōüsês), from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê).

Proper noun

Moyses

  1. Synonym of Moses (the Hebrew prophet)

German

Proper noun

Moyses m (proper noun, strong, genitive Moysis)

  1. Obsolete form of Moses (“the biblical figure Moses”).

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μωϋσῆς (Mōüsês).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mōȳsēs m sg (genitive Mōȳsis or Mōȳsī); third declension

  1. Moses

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Mōȳsēs
Genitive Mōȳsis
Mōȳsī
Dative Mōȳsī
Accusative Mōȳsēn
Ablative Mōȳse
Vocative Mōȳsēs

Descendants

  • → Old Irish: Moysi

Further reading

  • “Moyses”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Moyses in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Moyses m

  1. Obsolete spelling of Moisés.
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