Hoseas

• Ōsēe (Vulgate spelling)
• Ōsēās

Probably an alteration of the earlier Ōsēe (q.v.)—the form used in the Vulgate—chosen for consistency with the Latin names of some other Biblical characters (such as Andreās, Matthiās, and Michaeās) and with its ultimate Biblical Hebrew etymon, הוֹשֵׁעַ (Hoshe'a); an intermediate Ancient Greek etymon of the form *Ὡσηᾱς (*Hōsēās) does not occur.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hoːˈseː.aːs/, [hoːˈs̠eːäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈse.as/, [oˈs̬ɛːäs]

Hōsēās m sg (genitive Hōsēae); first declension

1. Hosea (prophet)
   • 1621, Willem van der Codde, Hoſeas Propheta, Ebraice & Chaldaice, cum Duplici Verſione Latina, main title
2. Book of Hosea

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.