Iudas

English

Proper noun

Iudas

1. Archaic spelling of Judas.
   • 1870, Thomas Lever, Sermons, page 73:

     And surely none can continue neare, and deare vnto our kyng Christ but suche, for others that euer prolle for priuate profite, bee hypocrites and flatterers as was Iudas.

   • 1884, Jacob Isidor Mombert, Five Books of Moses (Genesis, XXXVIII: 1), page 115:

     And it fortuned at that tyme that Iudas went from his brethren & gatt him to a man called Hira of Odollam, and there he sawe the doughter of a man called Sua a Canaanyte.

   • 1904, William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, Loves Labour's Lost, page 288:

     Ped: Iudas I am. Dum: A Iudas? Ped: Not Iscariot sir. Iudas I am ycliped Machabeus.

2. Archaic form of Jude.

Anagrams

• Saudi, USAID, Udasi

Latin

Alternative forms

• Jūdās

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰούδᾱς (Ioúdās), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (Y'hudá).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯uː.daːs/, [ˈi̯uːd̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈju.das/, [ˈjuːd̪äs]

Proper noun

Iūdās m sg (genitive Iūdae); first declension

1. Judas
2. Jude (biblical book and apostle)

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Iūdās
genitive	Iūdae
dative	Iūdae
accusative	Iūdām Iūdān
ablative	Iūdā
vocative	Iūdā

Descendants

• → Catalan: Judes
• Italian: Giuda
• → Middle English: Iudas
  • English: Judas, Jude

Middle English

Proper noun

Iudas

1. Judas
2. Jude

Descendants

• English: Judas, Jude

Old English

Etymology

From Latin Iūdās, from Ancient Greek Ἰούδας (Ioúdas), from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuː.dɑs/

Proper noun

Iūdas m

1. Judas

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	Iūdas	—
accusative	Iūdas	—
genitive	Iūdes	—
dative	Iūde	—