German

Alternative forms

• Stefanus

Proper noun

Stephanus m ‎(genitive Stephanus' or Stephani)

1. (biblical) Stephen the protomartyr.

Derived terms

• Stefan, Stephan (given name)
• Stephanus-Steinigen

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Στέφανος ‎(Stéphanos).

Proper noun

Stephanus m ‎(genitive Stephanī); second declension

1. A male given name equivalent to Stephen.

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

References

• Stephanus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Stephanus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.