Justus

Name of several early saints, from Latin iustus (“just”).

Justus

1. A male given name.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Acts 1:23:

     And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

• Of mostly historical use in the Anglo-Saxon world.

From Latin Iustus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjustus/, [ˈjus̠t̪us̠]
• Hyphenation: Jus‧tus

Justus

1. A male given name, cognate to English Justus.

From Latin Iustus, also used as a Latinization of Jost.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjʊstʊs/

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Justus

1. A male given name.

From justus (“righteous”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈjus.tus/, [ˈjʊs.tʊs]

Justus m sg (genitive Justī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Papirius Justus, a Roman jurist

Second declension.

• Justus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Justus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray