Iordanes

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), a borrowing from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén).

Pronunciation[edit]

View of the river

Proper noun[edit]

Iordanēs m sg (variously declined, genitive Iordanae or Iordanis); first declension, third declension

  1. the river Jordan
  2. a male given name, equivalent to English Jordanes
  3. Jordanes (a sixth-century historian)

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Iordanēs
Genitive Iordanae
Dative Iordanae
Accusative Iordanēn
Ablative Iordanē
Vocative Iordanē

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Iordanēs
Genitive Iordanis
Dative Iordanī
Accusative Iordanem
Ablative Iordane
Vocative Iordanēs

Descendants[edit]

  • English: Jordanes
  • French: Jordanès
  • Italian: Giordano