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Cornelius
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English
Etymology
en :bor la:Cornēlius + 1
Pronunciation
en /kɔɹˈniliəs/ GA
en /kɔːˈniːlɪəs/ RP
en Cor ne lius
en iːliəs 4
Proper noun
en male Latin.
Acts 10 1-2 There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
en 2014 w:Joyce Carol Oates Carthage Fourth Estate 9780007485741 213 The intern will not call me 'Cornelius―(in fact, that dowdy old name isn't my actual name nor, at the present time, my nom de guerre)―but 'Dr. Hinton*―or 'sir'―will do.
Usage notes
The name of early Christian saints with a medieval cult in the Low Countries. The name has remained rather rare in English.
Cornelius has been used as an anglicization of Conchobhar in Ireland.
Related terms
feminine form: Cornelia
Translations
male given name
Bashkir: ba Корнилий
Coptic: cop ⲕⲟⲣⲛⲏⲗⲓⲟⲥ
Dutch: nl Cornelis
Esperanto: eo Kornelio
French: fr Corneille m
Galician: gl Cornelio
Hungarian: hu Kornél, hu Soma
Italian: it Cornelio m
Kazakh: kk Корнел
Latin: la Cornelius m
Norwegian: no Kornelius
Polish: pl Korneliusz m, pl Kornel m
Portuguese: pt Cornélio m
Romanian: ro Corneliu, ro Cornel
Russian: ru Корнéлий m, ru Корнéй
Spanish: es Cornelio
Tagalog: tl Cornelio
Telugu: te కొర్నేలీ
Ukrainian: uk Корни́лій m
Vietnamese: vi Côrnêliô
Anagrams
en ceilnorsu inclosure reclusion suriclone
Latin
la:+ (nomen)
Etymology
Possibly related to la cornū horn.
Pronunciation
Cornēlius
Proper noun
Cornēlius<2.both> Cornēlia
An old Roman gens name.
Declension
Cornēlius<2.both>
Derived terms
la Cornēlĭānus
Related terms
la Cornēlia
Descendants
ca Corneli
fr Corneille
it Cornelio
pt Cornélio
ro Corneliu
es Cornelio
References
la nomina gentilia