Moyses

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Moyses, from Ancient Greek Μωϋσῆς (Mōüsês), from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê).

Proper noun

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Moyses

  1. Synonym of Moses (the Hebrew prophet)

German

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Proper noun

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Moyses m (proper noun, strong, genitive Moysis)

  1. Obsolete form of Moses (the biblical figure Moses).

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μωϋσῆς (Mōüsês).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Mōȳsēs m sg (genitive Mōȳsis or Mōȳsī); third declension

  1. Moses

Declension

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Mōȳsēs
Genitive Mōȳsis
Mōȳsī
Dative Mōȳsī
Accusative Mōȳsēn
Ablative Mōȳse
Vocative Mōȳsēs

Descendants

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  • Old Irish: Moysi

Further reading

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

Portuguese

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Proper noun

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Moyses m

  1. Obsolete spelling of Moisés.