Adolphus

English

Etymology

From Latin Adolphus. Doublet of Adolph.

Proper noun

Adolphus

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, a Latinized variant of Adolph.
   • 1906, George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara: Act III:

     Would any man named Adolphus - any man called Dolly! - object to being called something else?

   • 1986, Buchi Emecheta, Head Above Water. An Autobiography. p.11:

     Sometimes as a child I used to wonder why my brother was called after the man whose very name we were later taught to fear. But then who knows what goes on inside the minds of ambitious, proud Ibo fathers? As most Ibo boys born around that time were called Adolphus after the German leader, Adol is still a fairly common name among the Ibos of Nigeria.

Translations

male given name — see Adolph

Anagrams

• hold up as

Latin

Etymology

Latinization of Germanic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈdɔɫ.pʰʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈdɔl.fus]

Proper noun

Adolphus m sg (genitive Adolphī); second declension

1. a male given name, Adolphus, from the Germanic languages, latinization of Adolph

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Adolphus
genitive	Adolphī
dative	Adolphō
accusative	Adolphum
ablative	Adolphō
vocative	Adolphe

Descendants

• English: Adolphus