Iordanes

Latin

Alternative forms

• Jordanēs
• Iordānis (used in Lhomond's Epitome)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), a borrowing from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iˈor.da.neːs/, [iˈɔrd̪äneːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /jorˈda.nes/, [jorˈd̪äːnes] or IPA^(key): /ˈjor.da.nes/, [ˈjɔrd̪änes]

View of the river

Proper noun

Iordanēs m sg (variously declined, genitive Iordanae or Iordanis); first declension, third declension

1. the river Jordan
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Jordanes
3. Jordanes (a sixth-century historian)

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Iordanēs
genitive	Iordanae
dative	Iordanae
accusative	Iordanēn
ablative	Iordanē
vocative	Iordanē

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Iordanēs
genitive	Iordanis
dative	Iordanī
accusative	Iordanem
ablative	Iordane
vocative	Iordanēs

Descendants

• English: Jordanes
• French: Jordanès
• Italian: Giordano