Constantinus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *staējō

Proto-Italic *staēō

Proto-Italic *komstaēō

Latin cōnstō

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin -ans

Latin cōnstānsder.

Latin Cōnstāns / Cōnstantius

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin Constantīnus

Patronymic from Cōnstāns / Cōnstantius +‎ -īnus. Compare Valentīnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kõː.stanˈtiː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kon.stanˈtiː.nus]

Proper noun

Cōnstantīnus m sg (genitive Cōnstantīnī, feminine Cōnstantīna); second declension

1. a masculine cognomen and praenomen held by the Gens Flavia, most notably by Constantine the Great

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cōnstantīnus
genitive	Cōnstantīnī
dative	Cōnstantīnō
accusative	Cōnstantīnum
ablative	Cōnstantīnō
vocative	Cōnstantīne

Derived terms

• Cōnstantīna
• Cōnstantīniānus
• Cōnstantīnōpolis

Descendants

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Κωνστᾰντῖνος (Kōnstăntînos), Κωσταντίνος (Kōstantínos)
  • Greek: Κωνσταντίνος (Konstantínos); Κώστας (Kóstas) (via variant form)
    • → English: Costas, Kostas
  • → Arabic: قُسْطَنْطِين (qusṭanṭīn) (via variant form)
  • → Armenian: Կոստանդին (Kostandin) (via variant form)
  • → Coptic: ⲕⲱⲛⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ (kōnstantinos)
  • → Ge'ez: ቈስታንቲኖስ (ḳʷästantinos) (via variant form)
    • → Amharic: ቆስጠንጢኖስ (ḳosṭänṭinos) (via variant form)
  • → Georgian: კონსტანტინე (ḳonsṭanṭine)
  • → Japanese: コンスタンティノス (Konsutantinosu)
  • Old Nubian: ⲕⲟⲥⲧⲁⲧⲓⲛⲟ (kostatino) (via variant form)
  • → Russian: Константи́н (Konstantín)
• → Albanian: Kostandin
• → Bulgarian: Костадин (Kostadin), Константин (Konstantin)
• → Cantonese: 君士坦丁 (gwan¹ si⁶ taan² ding¹)
  • → Korean: 군사탄정 (gunsatanjeong)
• → Catalan: Constantí
• → Danish: Konstantin
• → Dutch: Constantijn
• → English: Constantine
  • → Chinese: 康斯坦丁 (Kāngsītǎndīng)
• → Esperanto: Konstantino
• → Finnish: Konstantinus, ⇒ Konsta, ⇒ Kosti
• → French: Constantin
• → German: Konstantin (Constantin)
• → Gothic: 𐌺𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌿𐍃 (kustanteinus)
• → Irish: Constaintín
• → Italian: Costantino
• → Japanese: コンスタンティヌス (Konsutantinusu)
• → Korean: 콘스탄티누스 (konseutantinuseu)
• → Latvian: Konstantīns
• → Lithuanian: Konstantinas
• → Low German: Konstantin
• → Macedonian: Константин (Konstantin), ⇒ Костадин (Kostadin)
• → Norwegian: Konstantin
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: Costantin
• → Old Spanish: Costantin
• → Polish: Konstantyn
• → Portuguese: Constantino
• → Romanian: Constantin, ⇒ Costin
• → Spanish: Constantino
• → Swedish: Konstantin
• → Turkish: Konstantin
• → Welsh: Cystennin
• → Ukrainian: Костянтин (Kostjantyn)

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.