Aquinas
|A-qui-nas|
/əˈkwɪnəs/
of/from Aquino (place-based name)
Etymology
'Aquinas' originates from Latin, specifically the Medieval Latin adjectival name 'Aquinatus', meaning 'of Aquino' (from the town Aquino in Italy).
'Aquinas' developed as a Latinized byname 'Aquinatus' (literally 'of Aquino') used in medieval documents; it became attached to Thomas of Aquino and later used as the fixed form 'Aquinas' in English.
Initially it meant 'of/from Aquino' (a toponymic descriptor), but over time it became used as a proper name identifying the theologian Thomas Aquinas and his associated school of thought.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
thomas Aquinas (1225–1274), an Italian Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and influential medieval philosopher and theologian, author of the Summa Theologiae.
Aquinas is best known for his Summa Theologiae and his synthesis of Aristotelian philosophy with Christian theology.
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Noun 2
the philosophical and theological system associated with Thomas Aquinas (Thomism).
Many scholars debated the merits of Aquinas in relation to natural law theory.
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