Bonifatius

English

Etymology

From Late Latin Bonifātius, from bonus (“good”) + fātum (“fate”). See also Boniface.

Proper noun

Bonifatius

1. A male given name from Latin of mainly historical use in English.

Translations

male given name

• Armenian: Բոնիֆացիոս (Bonifacʻios)
• Catalan: Bonifaci
• Czech: Bonifác (cs)
• Danish: Bonifatius
• French: Boniface (fr)
• Galician: Bonifacio (gl)
• Greek: Βονιφάτιος (el) (Vonifátios)
• Italian: Bonifacio (it)
• Latin: Bonifatius
• Malagasy: Baonifasy
• Polish: Bonifacy (pl) m
• Portuguese: Bonifácio m
• Romanian: Bonifaciu m
• Russian: Бонифа́ций (ru) (Bonifácij), Вонифа́тий (Vonifátij)
• Slovak: Bonifác m
• Spanish: Bonifacio (es)
• Ukrainian: Боніфа́цій m (Bonifácij), Воніфа́тій m (Vonifátij)
• Vietnamese: Bônifaciô

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /bo.niˈfaː.ti.us/, [bɔnɪˈfäːt̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bo.niˈfat.t͡si.us/, [boniˈfät̪ː͡s̪ius]

Proper noun

Bonifātius m sg (genitive Bonifātiī or Bonifātī); second declension

1. a male given name

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Bonifātius
genitive	Bonifātiī Bonifātī1
dative	Bonifātiō
accusative	Bonifātium
ablative	Bonifātiō
vocative	Bonifātī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• English: Boniface, Bonifatius