"Timaeus" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /taɪˈmiːəs/
Etymology: From Latin Tīmaeus, from Ancient Greek Τῑ́μαιος (Tī́maios), from Ancient Greek τῑμάω (tīmáō, “honour”, verb). Appears as the name of one of Plato's dialogues. It is also the name of a person mentioned in the New Testament (Mark 10:46). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Tīmaeus}} Latin Tīmaeus, {{der|en|grc|Τῑ́μαιος}} Ancient Greek Τῑ́μαιος (Tī́maios), {{der|en|grc|τῑμάω|pos=verb|t=honour}} Ancient Greek τῑμάω (tīmáō, “honour”, verb) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Timaeus
  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Translations (Platonic dialogue): Τῑ́μαιος (Tī́maios) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), Timée [masculine] (French), Timeo [masculine] (Italian), Tīmaeus [masculine] (Latin), Timeu [masculine] (Romanian), Тиме́й (Timéj) (Russian) Translations (male given name from Ancient Greek): Τῑ́μαιος (Tī́maios) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), Timée [masculine] (French), 𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌿𐍃 (Teimaius) [masculine] (Gothic), Timeo [masculine] (Italian), Tīmaeus [masculine] (Latin), Timeu [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-Timaeus-en-name-wCWXTMUP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of 'Platonic dialogue': 60 40 Disambiguation of 'male given name from Ancient Greek': 96 4
  2. One of the dialogues written by Athenian philosopher Plato around 360 BC.
    Sense id: en-Timaeus-en-name-QPgPMcWF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Timaean, Timaic

Alternative forms

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