Philemon

See also: Philémon

Translingual

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Philemon f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Meliphagidae – friarbirds or leatherheads, of Australasia.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri – suborder; Corvida – parvorder; Meliphagoidea – superfamily; Meliphagidae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Philemon moluccensis (black-faced friarbird) - type species

References

• Friarbird on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Philemon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Philemon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006), Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Philemon

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φιλήμων (Philḗmōn), from φιλήμων (philḗmōn, “kindly, affectionate”), from φιλέω (philéō, “I love”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪˈliːmən/, /fɪˈliːmɒn/, /ˌfaɪˈliːmən/, /ˌfaɪˈliːmɒn/
• (sometimes) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪləmən/

Proper noun

Philemon (countable and uncountable, plural Philemons)

1. The eighteenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle of Saint Paul to a fellow Christian called Philemon.

   Synonyms: (abbreviation) Philem., (abbreviation) Phm

2. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Philemon 1:1:
     :

     Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellow labourer.

3. A surname transferred from the given name.

Translations

book of the Bible

Afrikaans: Filemon (af) Arabic: الرِّسَالَة إِلَى فِلِيمُون (ar-risāla(t) ʔilā filīmūn) Armenian: Փիլիմոն (hy) (Pʻilimon) Basque: Filemon (eu) Breton: Filemon (br) Bulgarian: Филимон (Filimon) Catalan: Filèmon, Filemó Cebuano: Filemon Chinese: Eastern Min: 腓利門書 / 腓利门书 (Pì-lé-muòng Cṳ̆) Coptic: Ⲡⲣⲟⲥ Ⲫⲓⲗⲏⲙⲱⲛ (Pros Philēmōn), Ⲫⲓⲗⲏⲙⲱⲛ (Philēmōn) Corsican: Filemone (co) Czech: List Filemonovi Danish: Filemon, Paulus' Brev til Filemon Dutch: Filemon (nl) m Estonian: Fileemonile Faroese: Filemonsbrævið (fo) n Finnish: Kirje Filemonille French: Épître à Philémon, Philémon (fr) m German: Philemon (de), Brief des Paulus an Philemon m Greek: Φιλήμων (el) m (Filímon) Ancient: Φιλήμων m (Philḗmōn) Greenlandic: Fiilimuu (kl) Hawaiian: Pilemona Hungarian: Filemon (hu) Icelandic: Fílemon m Ido: Filemon (io) m Indonesian: Filemon Irish: Litir Naomh Pól chuig Filéamón f, Filéamón (ga) m Italian: Lettera a Filemone, Filemone (it) m Japanese: ピレモンへの手紙 (Piremon e no Tegami) Korean: 필레몬에게 보낸 편지 (pillemonege bonaen pyeonji) Latin: Philemonem (la) Latvian: Pāvila vēstule Filemonam, Filemonam (lv) m Limburgish: Filemon Lithuanian: Laiškas Filemonui (lt) m Maltese: Filemon (mt) m Manx: Philemon (gv) Maori: Pirimona (mi) Norwegian: Filemon (no) Polish: List do Filemona Portuguese: Filémon (pt) m, Filêmon m, Filemom (pt) m Romanian: Filimon m Scots: Philemon Scottish Gaelic: Philemon (gd) m Slovak: Filemonovi m Slovene: Filemon (sl) m Spanish: Filemón (es) m Swahili: Filemoni (sw) Swedish: Filemonbrevet n Tagalog: Filemon (tl) m Waray-Waray: Filemon Welsh: Philemon (cy) m West Frisian: Filémon Zealandic: Filemon

male given name

Afrikaans: Filemon (af) Arabic: فِلِيمُون (filīmūn) Armenian: Փիլիմոն (hy) (Pʻilimon) Basque: Filemon (eu) Breton: Filemon (br) m Bulgarian: Филимон m (Filimon) Cebuano: Filemon Chinese: Eastern Min: 腓利門 / 腓利门 (Pì-lé-muòng) Mandarin: 菲利蒙 (Fēilìméng) Coptic: Ⲫⲓⲗⲏⲙⲱⲛ (Philēmōn) Corsican: Filemone (co) Czech: Filemonovi Danish: Filemon Dutch: Filemon (nl) m Estonian: Fileemonile Faroese: Filemon m Finnish: Filemon (fi) French: Philémon (fr) m German: Philemon (de) Greek: Φιλήμων (el) m (Filímon) Ancient: Φιλήμων m (Philḗmōn) Greenlandic: Fiilimuu (kl) Hawaiian: Pilemona Hungarian: Filemon (hu) Icelandic: Fílemon m Ido: Filemon (io) m Ingrian: Filimoni Irish: Filéamón (ga) m Italian: Filemone (it) m Japanese: ピレモン (Piremon) Korean: 필레몬 (pillemon) Latin: Philemonem (la) Latvian: Filemons m Limburgish: Filemon Lithuanian: Filemonas m Lombard: Filémun (eastern) Maltese: Filemon (mt) m Manx: Philemon (gv) Maori: Pirimona (mi) Norwegian: Filemon (no) Polish: Filemon (pl) Portuguese: Filémon (pt) m, Filêmon m, Filemom (pt) m Romanian: Filimon m Russian: Филимо́н (ru) (Filimón) Scots: Philemon Scottish Gaelic: Philemon (gd) m Slovak: Filemonovi m Slovene: Filemon (sl) m Spanish: Filemón (es) Swahili: Filemoni (sw) Swedish: Filemon Tagalog: Filemon (tl) m Waray-Waray: Filemon Welsh: Philemon (cy) m West Frisian: Filémon Zealandic: Filemon

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Philemon is the 39164^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 562 individuals. Philemon is most common among White (46.09%) and Black/African American (44.48%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Philemon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Latin

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

Philemon

Wikipedia ^la

Alternative forms

• Philēmō

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φιλήμων (Philḗmōn), from φιλήμων (philḗmōn, “kindly, affectionate”), from φιλέω (philéō, “I love”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pʰɪˈɫeː.moːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fiˈlɛː.mon]

Proper noun

Philēmōn m sg (genitive Philēmonis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Philemon (a pious rustic, the husband of Baucis, who gave hospitality to Zeus)

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Philēmōn
genitive	Philēmonis Philēmōnis
dative	Philēmonī Philēmōnī
accusative	Philēmonem Philēmōnem
ablative	Philēmone Philēmōne
vocative	Philēmōn

References

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

Welsh

Proper noun

Philemon m (not mutable)

1. (biblical) Paul's Epistle to Philemon

Coordinate terms

books of the New Testament: llyfrau'r Testament Newyddedit

• Mathew
• Marc
• Luc
• Ioan
• Actau'r Apostolion
• Rhufeiniaid
• 1 Corinthiaid
• 2 Corinthiaid
• Galatiaid
• Effesiaid
• Philipiaid
• Colosiaid
• 1 Thesaloniaid
• 2 Thesaloniaid
• 1 Timotheus
• 2 Timotheus
• Titus
• Philemon
• Hebreaid
• Iago
• 1 Pedr
• 2 Pedr
• 1 Ioan
• 2 Ioan
• 3 Ioan
• Jwdas
• Datguddiad