"Alexander" meaning in Latin

See Alexander in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [a.ɫɛkˈsan.dɛr] [Classical-Latin], [a.leɡˈzan.der] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend”) + ἀνδρός (andrós, genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”)). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*h₂lek-}}, {{bor|la|grc|Ἀλέξανδρος}} Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), {{af|grc|ἀλέξω|ἀνδρός|nocat=1|pos2=genitive of <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ἀνήρ</i> (anḗr, “man”)|t1=to defend}} ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend”) + ἀνδρός (andrós, genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”)) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Alexander/Alexandr<2.both>|g=m}} Alexander m (genitive Alexandrī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Alexander/Alexandr<2.both>}} Forms: Alexandrī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Alexander [nominative, singular], Alexandrī [nominative, plural], Alexandrī [genitive, singular], Alexandrōrum [genitive, plural], Alexandrō [dative, singular], Alexandrīs [dative, plural], Alexandrum [accusative, singular], Alexandrōs [accusative, plural], Alexandrō [ablative, singular], Alexandrīs [ablative, plural], Alexander [singular, vocative], Alexandrī [plural, vocative]
  1. A masculine praenomen. Tags: declension-2, masculine

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Elshinner"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Silesian",
      "lang_code": "szl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Aleksander"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "lang_code": "sl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Aleksander"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Saterland Frisian",
      "lang_code": "stq",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Alexander"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Alexander"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "alèksaanáde",
      "word": "อเล็กซานเดอร์"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "lang_code": "uz",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Aleksandr"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Veps",
      "lang_code": "vep",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Alexandr"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Võro",
      "lang_code": "vro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Aleksandri"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Alecsander"
    },
    {
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "lang_code": "fy",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Aleksander"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "aleksander",
      "word": "אַלעקסאַנדער"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Zealandic",
      "lang_code": "zea",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Alexander"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "lang_code": "za",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Ahlijsanda"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂lek-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Ἀλέξανδρος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἀλέξω",
        "3": "ἀνδρός",
        "nocat": "1",
        "pos2": "genitive of <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">ἀνήρ</i> (anḗr, “man”)",
        "t1": "to defend"
      },
      "expansion": "ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend”) + ἀνδρός (andrós, genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”))",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend”) + ἀνδρός (andrós, genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Alexandrī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alexander",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alexandrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alexandrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alexandrōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alexandrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alexandrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alexandrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alexandrōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alexandrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alexandrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alexander",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alexandrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Alexander/Alexandr<2.both>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Alexander m (genitive Alexandrī); second declension",
      "name": "la-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Alexander/Alexandr<2.both>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 4-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
        "Latin praenomina",
        "Latin proper nouns",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂lek-",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 15 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A masculine praenomen."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "praenomen",
          "praenomen"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[a.ɫɛkˈsan.dɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a.leɡˈzan.der]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Alexander"
}

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