Matthaeus

See also: Matthäus, Matthæus, Matthäus', and Mattheus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Matt. (abbreviation)
• Matthæus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Biblical Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattiṯyāhū, literally “gift of YHWH (the Lord)”). Compare Theodosius, Deōdatus, Theodōrus, Iōnāthās and Nathanael.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [matˈtʰae̯.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [matˈtɛː.us]

Proper noun

Matthaeus m sg (genitive Matthaeī); second declension

1. a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin
2. (biblical) Matthew the Evangelist, one of the twelve Apostles. A publican or tax-collector at Capernaum and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Matthew.
3. (biblical) The Gospel of St. Matthew, the first book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the first of the four gospels, a book attributed to Matthew the Evangelist.

   Synonym: Evangelium secundum Matthaeum

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Matthaeus
genitive	Matthaeī
dative	Matthaeō
accusative	Matthaeum
ablative	Matthaeō
vocative	Matthaee

Descendants

• Catalan: Mateu
• Old French: Mathieu
  • → English: Matthew
    • → Maori: Matiu
    • → Yoruba: Mátíù
  • French: Matthieu
• Italian: Matteo
• Portuguese: Mateus
• Spanish: Mateo
  • → Cebuano: Mateo
  • → English: Mateo
  • → Tagalog: Mateo

Borrowings

• → Danish: Matthæus
• → Dutch: Matteüs
  • Afrikaans: Matteus
• → Esperanto: Mateo
• → Estonian: Matteus
• → Faroese: Matteus
• → Finnish: Matteus
• → German: Matthäus
• → Norwegian: Matteus
• → Polish: Mateusz
• → Serbo-Croatian: Màtej
• → Slovak: Matej
• → Slovene: Matȇj
• → Swedish: Matteus

See also

• Matthiās

References

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