"Christopherus" meaning in Latin

See Christopherus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [kʰriːsˈtɔ.pʰɛ.rʊs] [Classical-Latin], [krisˈtɔː.fe.rus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: A variant of Latin Chrīstophorus. Etymology templates: {{cog|la|Chrīstophorus}} Latin Chrīstophorus Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Chrīstopherus<2>}} Chrīstopherus m sg (genitive Chrīstopherī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Chrīstopherus<2>}} Forms: Chrīstopherus [canonical, masculine, singular], Chrīstopherī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Chrīstopherus [nominative, singular], Chrīstopherī [genitive, singular], Chrīstopherō [dative, singular], Chrīstopherum [accusative, singular], Chrīstopherō [ablative, singular], Chrīstophere [singular, vocative], Chrīstophorus [alternative], Chrīstophanus [alternative]
  1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Chrīstophorus, equivalent to English Christopher Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-Christopherus-la-name-wq9FvBV2 Categories (other): Latin given names, Latin male given names, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 59 41
  2. Saint Christopher; Christopher Columbus Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-Christopherus-la-name-BmDWdNa9 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65

Inflected forms

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      "word": "Cristofre"
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      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "Christophe"
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      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
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