Hoseas

• Ōsēe (Vulgate spelling)
• Ōsēās

Probably an alteration of the earlier Ōsēe (q.v.) — the form used in the Vulgate — chosen for consistency with the Latin names of some other Biblical characters (such as Andreās, Matthiās, and Michaeās) and with its ultimate Hebrew etymon, הוֹשֵׁעַ‎ (hoshe'a); an intermediate Ancient Greek etymon of the form *Ὡσηᾱς (*Hōsēās) does not occur.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hoːˈseː.aːs/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈse.as/, [oˈseː.as]

Hōsēās m (genitive Hōsēae); first declension

1. Hosea (prophet)
   • 1621, Willem van der Codde, Hoſeas Propheta, Ebraice & Chaldaice, cum Duplici Verſione Latina, main title
2. Book of Hosea

First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ās.