Philemonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /fɪˈliːmən/, /fɪˈliːmɒn/, /ˌfaɪˈliːmən/, /ˌfaɪˈliːmɒn/
• (sometimes) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪləmən/

固有名詞

Philemon (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 Philemons)

1. The eighteenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle of Saint Paul to a fellow Christian called Philemon.

   Synonyms: (abbreviation) Philem., (abbreviation) Phm

2. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Philemon 1:1:

     :

     Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellow labourer.

3. A surname transferred from the given name.

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Philemon is the 39164^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 562 individuals. Philemon is most common among White (46.09%) and Black/African American (44.48%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Philemon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Latin

別の表記

• Philēmō

語源

From Ancient Greek Φιλήμων (Philḗmōn), from φιλήμων (philḗmōn, “kindly, affectionate”), from φιλέω (philéō, “I love”).

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pʰiˈleː.moːn/, [pʰɪˈɫ̪eːmoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fiˈle.mon/, [fiˈlɛːmon]

固有名詞

Philēmōn m sg (genitive Philēmonis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Philemon (a pious rustic, the husband of Baucis, who gave hospitality to Zeus)

語形変化

Third-declension noun, singular only.

参照

• “Phĭlēmo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Phĭlēmo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette