eusebius
/juˈsibi.əs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Εὐσέβιος (Eusébios).
noun
One who is comparable to Eusebius of Caesarea; an ecclesiastic historian.
noun
Example Sentences
- "Ye little Eusebiuses hide your diminished heads!"
- "1994, Mark Greengrass, “Nicolas Pithou: experience, conscience and history in the French civil wars” in Religion, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain: Essays in Honour of Patrick Collinson, eds. Anthony Fletcher and Peter Roberts, Cambridge University Press (digitally printed first paperback version, 2006), chapter 1, pages 1–2"
- "The extreme Puritans had an impact of no less import on the publishing activities of their enemies. In their attempt to halt the progress of forms of religion and religious opinion that had gone far beyond their own goals, several Presbyterian divines produced carefully assembled accounts of the heresies of their own times – they were the Eusebiuses of their day, and their works are now major sources for the history of the period."
- "1957, James Stevenson (editor), A New Eusebius: Documents illustrative of the history of the Church to A.D. 337, SPCK, main title"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus? Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-? Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- Proto-Hellenic *ehu- Ancient Greek ἐΰς (eǘs) Ancient Greek εὖ (eû) Ancient Greek εὐ- (eu-) Proto-Indo-European *tyegʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *tyégʷ-e-tor Proto-Hellenic *tségʷomai Ancient Greek σέβομαι (sébomai) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek εὐσεβής (eusebḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos) Ancient Greek Εὐσέβιος (Eusébios)bor. Latin Eusebiuslbor. English Eusebius Learned borrowing from Latin Eusebius, borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὐσέβιος (Eusébios), from εὐσεβής (eusebḗs) + -ῐος (-ĭos).