English Explanatory Dictionary

Procopius

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A male given name from Latin Procopius [in turn from Ancient Greek Προκόπιος (Prokópios)], of rare usage, variant of Prokopios, feminine equivalent Procopia.
  2. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Saint Procopius, an early Christian martyr of the 3rd century CE.
  3. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Procopius, a Roman imperial usurper of the 4th century CE.
  4. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Procopius of Caesarea, a Byzantine Greek historian of the 6th century CE.

Pronunciation

prə-kōʹpē-əs /pɹəˈkoʊ.pi.əs/ /pɹəˈkəʊ.piː.əs/

Word forms

Procopius Prokopios

Etymology

Via Latin Procopius from Koine Greek Προκόπῐος (Prokópĭos), from Ancient Greek προκοπή (prokopḗ, “progress forward to prosperity; advancement toward success; improvement by diligence”), with Latin suffix -ius equivalent to Greek suffix -ῐος (-ĭos).

Related words

Prokofi

Translations

Albanian: Prokopi Arabic: بروكوبيوس Basque: Prokopio Belarusian: Прако́п Belarusian: Прако́пій Belarusian: Прако́фій Bulgarian: Проко́пий Catalan: Procopi Czech: Prokop Czech: Prokopios Czech: Prokůpek Danish: Procopius Danish: Prokopius Dutch: Procopius Esperanto: Prokopio Finnish: Procopius Finnish: Prokopios French: Procope Galician: Procopio German: Prokopios German: Prokop Greek: Προκόπιος Ancient Greek: Προκόπῐος Hebrew: פְּרוֹקוֹפְּיוּס Hungarian: Prokopiosz Italian: Procopio Latin: Procopius Latvian: Prokopijs Lithuanian: Prokopas Macedonian: Прокопиј Norwegian Bokmål: Prokopios Norwegian Nynorsk: Prokopios Occitan: Procòpi Persian: پروکوپیوس Polish: Prokop Polish: Prokopiusz Portuguese: Procópio Romanian: Procopius Romanian: Procopie Russian: Проко́п Russian: Проко́пий Russian: Проко́фий Serbo-Croatian: Прокопије Serbo-Croatian: Prokopije Slovak: Prokop Slovene: Prokopij Spanish: Procopio Swedish: Procopius Swedish: Prokopios Ukrainian: Прокі́п Ukrainian: Проко́пій Ukrainian: Проко́фій
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