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Eusebius Hieronymus

Eusebius Hieronymus

9.9
A Christian scholar who translated the Bible into Latin and is a saint
  • proper noun
: Eusebio Jerónimo
  • Scholars credit Eusebius Hieronymus with the first comprehensive translation of the Bible into Latin.

Examples

  • The feast day of Eusebius Hieronymus is celebrated on September 30th in the Christian calendar.

  • Many religious texts reference Eusebius Hieronymus for his influential work, the Vulgate.

  • Did Eusebius Hieronymus write the Vulgate?

  • Many consider Eusebius Hieronymus a pivotal figure in Christian history.

  • Scholars credit Eusebius Hieronymus with the first comprehensive translation of the Bible into Latin.

  • Many religious texts reference Eusebius Hieronymus for his influential work, the Vulgate.

  • Many consider Eusebius Hieronymus a pivotal figure in Christian history.

Synonyms

Jerome
vsEusebius Hieronymus
2 8.4

A Christian saint and scholar best known for translating the Bible into Latin

uses a titled or fuller form instead of the plain personal name
St. Jerome
vsEusebius Hieronymus
1 7.8

A Christian saint and scholar who translated the Bible into Latin

uses a fuller personal form rather than an abbreviated honorific
Saint Jerome
vsEusebius Hieronymus
1 8.0

A Christian scholar known for translating the Bible into Latin

uses a shorter or more personal name instead of the full honorific form
Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus
vsEusebius Hieronymus
9.9

A Christian writer and saint known for translating the Bible into Latin

uses a shorter or less elaborate personal name instead of the full multi-part form

Surface Forms

Eusebius Hieronymus main

Morphology

Eusebius + Hieronymus

This is a personal name (a proper noun) referring to a historical figure; the constituent tokens are names without compositional lexical meanings that would indicate ‘saint’ or ‘translator’. A B1 learner who knows the individual name parts would not be able to derive the biographical meaning (St. Jerome, translator of the Vulgate) from the words alone, so the expression is unpredictable and non-compositional.

Etymology

Eusebius Hieronymus is the full name of the scholar better known as Saint Jerome, who lived in the late 300s and early 400s and translated the Bible into Latin, creating the Vulgate. Because his work made the Bible readable for many people, he is remembered as a 'translator' and a 'saint'.