Constantinus

Latin

Etymology

cōnstāns (“constant, steadfast”) +‎ -īnus

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kon.stanˈtiː.nus/, [kõː.stanˈtiː.nʊs]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.stanˈti.nus/, [kon.stanˈtiː.nus]

Proper noun

Cōnstantīnus m (genitive Cōnstantīnī); second declension

Constantine, a cognomen in the gens Flāvia

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cōnstantīnus
Genitive	Cōnstantīnī
Dative	Cōnstantīnō
Accusative	Cōnstantīnum
Ablative	Cōnstantīnō
Vocative	Cōnstantīne

Derived terms

Cōnstantīna
Cōnstantīniānus

Descendants

Ancient Greek: Κωνστᾰντῖνος (Kōnstantînos)
- Greek: Κωνσταντίνος (Konstantínos)
Albanian: Kostandin
Armenian: Կոստանդին (Kostandin)
Catalan: Constantí
Chinese:
Mandarin: 康斯坦丁
Danish: Konstantin
Dutch: Constantijn
Esperanto: Konstantino
Finnish: Konsta, Kosti, (emperors) Konstantinus
French: Constantin
German: Konstantin (Constantin)
Gothic: 𐌺𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌿𐍃 (kustanteinus)
Irish: Constaintín
Italian: Costantino
Japanese: コンスタンティノス (Konsutantinosu)
Korean: 콘스탄티누스 (konseutantinuseu)
Latvian: Konstantīns
Lithuanian: Konstantinas
Low German: Konstantin
Macedonian: Константин (Konstantin), Костадин (Kostadin)
Norwegian: Konstantin
Old Portuguese: Costantin
Old Spanish: Costantin
Polish: Konstantyn
Portuguese: Constantino
Romanian: Constantin, Costin
Russian: Константи́н (Konstantín)
Spanish: Constantino
Swedish: Konstantin
Turkish: Konstantin
Welsh: Cystenian

References

Constantinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Constantinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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