Casparus

Latin Alternative forms la Kasparus Gasparus Jasparus Etymology Uncertain. First attested in the 6th–8th c. as la Gaspar and la Gathaspa.Excerpta Latina Barbari, page 51B, line 49 Two primary etymologies have been proposed: Association with or corruption of he גִּזְבָּר gizbār treasurer (borrowed via la peo *ganzabarah), perhaps influenced by the Magus's role as a bearer of gifts or the Septuagint rendering grc γασβαρηνου in Ezra 1:8.Noss Philip A. Kenneth J. Thomas A Handbook on Ezra New York UBS 2005 34Hatch Edwin Redpath Henry A. A Concordance to the Septuagint and the Other Greek Versions of the Old Testament (Including the Apocryphal Books) 1 Oxford Clarendon Press 1897 234 https://archive.org/details/concordancetosep01hatcuoft Corruption or adaptation of la grc Γονδοφάρης, from la pal ⁠𐭢𐭥𐭭𐭣𐭯𐭥 gwndpwr seeker of glory, the name of Gondophares Gondophares I, an Indo-Parthian king prominently featured in the 3rd-century Christian apocryphon the Acts of Thomas.Metzger Bruce M. https://books.google.com/books?id=cS2hDwAAQBAJ&q=%22The%20derivation%20of%20the%20name%20Gaspar%20(or%20Caspar%2C%20or%20Jasper)%20is%20disputed%22&pg=PA29 New Testament studies (philological, versional, and patristic) 2019-07-01 BRILL 978-90-04-37928-2 29von Gutschmid Alfred 1864 Die Königsnamen in den apokryphen Apostelgeschichten. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniß des geschichtlichen Romans https://www.jstor.org/stable/41249661 Rheinisches Museum für Philologie 19 161–183 41249661 0035-449XCollectanea et Flores in Patrologia Latina. XCIV, page 541(D) Online version Pronunciation Caspārus Proper noun Caspārus<2> m la male Old Persian Caspar Saint Caspar One of the Biblical Magi mentioned in Matthew 2:1-9. Declension Caspārus<2> Descendants it Gaspare Gasparo fro Gaspar fr Gaspard nl Jasper 1 enm Jaspar 1 en Jasper es Gaspar de-ear Caspar Casper Kasper Gaspar 1 15th C. de Caspar Kaspar 1 lt Kasparas 1 pl Kacper 1 References la Biblical characters