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Athanasius
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from en la Athanasius, from en grc Ἀθανάσιος, from grc ἀθάνατος immortal. en Athanasios Afanasy. Compare en Ambrose.
Pronunciation
en /ˌæθəˈneɪʃəs/ /ˌæθəˈneɪzi.əs/
en En-us-Athanasius.oga GA
Proper noun
en uncommon en male Ancient Greek.
en Athanasia<qq:feminine form>
en 2010 January David Brakke A New Fragment of Athanasius’s Thirty-Ninth Festal Letter: Heresy, Apocrypha, and the Canon w:Harvard Theological Review volume CIII, № 1, page 47 Athanasius of Alexandria’s thirty-ninth Festal Letter remains one of the most significant documents in the history of the Christian Bible. Athanasius wrote the letter, which contains the first extant list of precisely the twenty-seven books of the current New Testament canon, in 367 C.E., during the final decade of his life.
Derived terms
en Athanasian Athanasian wench Athanasianism Athanasianist
Translations
male given name
Albanian: sq Tanush
Armenian: hy Աթանաս
Bulgarian: bg Атанас
Coptic: cop ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ
Esperanto: eo Atanazio
French: fr Athanase m
German: de Athanasius
Greek: el Αθανάσιος m
Ancient Greek: grc Ἀθανάσιος m
Hungarian: hu Atanáz
Ingrian: izh Ohvana
Italian: it Atanasio m
Latin: la Athanasius m
Lithuanian: lt Atanazas
Old Nubian: onw ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ
Polish: pl Atanazy m
Portuguese: pt Atanásio m
Romanian: ro Atanasie m
Russian: ru Афана́сий m
Sicilian: scn Tanasi
Ukrainian: uk Афана́сій m, uk Пана́с, uk Опана́с
Vietnamese: vi Athanasiô
en male given names from Latin