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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Tīmotheus.
Proper noun
Timotheus
- Timothy, a companion of Paul. (biblical character)
- : Acts 16: 1-2:
- Then he came to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek.
Anagrams
Danish
Proper noun
Timotheus
- Timothy (biblical character)
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Timotheus
- (biblical) Timothy (biblical character)
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τῑμόθεος (Tīmótheos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tīmotheus m sg (genitive Tīmotheī); second declension
- Timothy, a companion of Paul (biblical character)
Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, 16:1-2:Pervenit autem in Derben et Lystram. Et ecce discipulus quidam erat ibi nomine Timotheus, filius mulieris Iudaeae fidelis, patre autem Graeco; huic testimonium reddebant, qui in Lystris erant et Iconii fratres.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
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