Vincentius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Vincentzus (Late Latin)

Etymology

From vincēns (“conquering”) +‎ -ius, present participle of vincō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wɪŋˈkɛn.ti.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [vin̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛn.t͡si.us]

Proper noun

Vincentius m (genitive Vincentiī or Vincentī); second declension

1. a male given name

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Vincentius	Vincentiī
genitive	Vincentiī Vincentī1	Vincentiōrum
dative	Vincentiō	Vincentiīs
accusative	Vincentium	Vincentiōs
ablative	Vincentiō	Vincentiīs
vocative	Vincentī	Vincentiī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• → Arabic: بِنْجِنْسِيُس (Binjinsiyus)
• → Old Armenian: Վիգէն (Vigēn)
  • → Armenian: Վիգեն (Vigen) (learned)
• French: Vincent
  • Haitian Creole: Vensan
  • → Chinese: 樊尚 (Fánshàng) (transliteration)
  • → English: Vincent
    • → Arabic: فينسنت (fīnsint)
    • → Greek: Βίνσεντ (Vínsent)
    • → Japanese: ビンセント (Binsento), ヴィンセント (Vinsento)
  • → German: Vincent
    • → Slovak: Vincent
  • → Greek: Βενσάν (Vensán)
  • → Japanese: ヴァンサン (Vansan)
  • → Norman: Vîncent
  • → Swedish: Vincent
  • → Vietnamese: Vinhsơn, Vinh Sơn
• → Hungarian: Bence
• → Irish: Uinseann
• Italian: Vincenzo
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *Vicentius
  • → Ancient Greek: Βικέντιος (Bikéntios)
  • Catalan: Vicenç, Vicent
  • Sicilian: Vicenzu
  • Spanish: Vicente