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

• Franco-Provençal: Étièvo m
• Old French: Estiene m, Estienne, Estievne; Estievene (Anglo-Norman)
  • Middle French: Estienne m
    • French: Étienne m
  • Walloon: Stiene
  • → Middle English: Stevene, Steven
    • English: Steven, Stephen
  • → Irish: Stiabhna, Stiana
• Old Galician-Portuguese: Estevão m
  • Galician: Estevo m
  • Portuguese: Estêvão m
• Italian: Stefano m
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: Esteve m
  • Occitan: Estève m
• Sicilian: Stèfanu m
• Spanish: Esteban m, Estevan
• → Dutch: Stefan
• →? English: Stephan, Steve
• → French: Stéphane m (learned)
• → German: Stefan m, Stephan
• → Hungarian: István
• → Irish: Stiofán m, Stafán, Steafán, Steaphán, Stiabhna, Stiana, Stiophán

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.