Mahometus

Latin

Alternative forms
  • Machomētus, Mahomētēs, Maomētus

Etymology

From Arabic مُحَمَّد‎ (muḥammad). The penultimate vowel is presumed long from the inherited stress of the descendant languages.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ma.hoˈmeː.tus/, [mä(ɦ)ɔˈmeːt̪ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ma.oˈme.tus/, [mäoˈmɛːt̪us]

Proper noun

Mahomētus m sg (genitive Mahomētī); second declension (Medieval Latin, New Latin)

  1. Muhammad (the prophet of Islam)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Mahomētus
Genitive Mahomētī
Dative Mahomētō
Accusative Mahomētum
Ablative Mahomētō
Vocative Mahomēte

Descendants
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