Stephanus

German

Alternative forms

• Stefanus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtɛfanʊs/

Proper noun

Stephanus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Stephanus' or Stephani)

1. (biblical) Stephen the protomartyr.

Derived terms

• Stefan, Stephan (given name)
• Stephanus-Steinigen

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos, “crown”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈste.pʰa.nus/, [ˈs̠t̪ɛpʰänʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈste.fa.nus/, [ˈst̪ɛːfänus]

Proper noun

Stephanus m (genitive Stephanī); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Stephen

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Stephanus	Stephanī
Genitive	Stephanī	Stephanōrum
Dative	Stephanō	Stephanīs
Accusative	Stephanum	Stephanōs
Ablative	Stephanō	Stephanīs
Vocative	Stephane	Stephanī

Descendants

• Catalan: Esteve
• Dutch: Stefan
• English: Stephan, Stephen, Steven, Steve
• Franco-Provençal: Étièvo
• → French: Stéphane
• Galician: Estevo
• German: Stefan
• Hungarian: István
• Irish: Steafán, Stiofán
• Italian: Stefano
• Old French:
  • French: Étienne
• Portuguese: Estêvão
• Spanish: Esteban

References

• “Stephanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Stephanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.