Iamblichus

Borrowed from Latin Iamblichus, from Koine Greek Ἰάμβλιχος (Iámblikhos), from Aramaic ימלכו (Yamlīḵū), perhaps originally a causative form of the verb מלך (mlk, “to rule”).

• enPR: ī-ămʹblĭk-əs, IPA^(key): /aɪˈæmblɪkəs/
• Hyphenation: I‧am‧blich‧us

Iamblichus

1. A male given name of historical usage.
   1. Iamblichus (c. 245 – c. 325), a Syrian Neoplatonist philosopher.

• Iamblichean

Borrowed from Koine Greek Ἰάμβλιχος (Iámblikhos), from Aramaic ימלכו (Yamlīḵū). See English Iamblichus above for more.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯am.bli.kʰus/, [ˈi̯ämblʲɪkʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈjam.bli.kus/, [ˈjämblikus]

Iamblichus m sg (genitive Iamblichī); second declension

1. A male given name from Koine Greek [in turn from Aramaic], notably borne by:
   1. various kings of Emesa
   2. Iamblichus, a Syrian philosopher

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• Iamblichus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Iamblichus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray