Ludovicus
Latin
Alternative forms
- Clodovicus, Chlodovechus, Lodhuvicus, Hluduicus, Hludovvicus
- Aloysius (from Occitan)
Etymology
Latinization of a Frankish or Old High German reflex of Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdawīg (see there for further details).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫuː.dɔˈwiː.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [lu.d̪oˈviː.kus]
Proper noun
Lūdovīcus m (genitive Lūdovīcī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) a male given name, equivalent to English Louis
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Lūdovīcus | Lūdovīcī |
| genitive | Lūdovīcī | Lūdovīcōrum |
| dative | Lūdovīcō | Lūdovīcīs |
| accusative | Lūdovīcum | Lūdovīcōs |
| ablative | Lūdovīcō | Lūdovīcīs |
| vocative | Lūdovīce | Lūdovīcī |
Descendants
- → Armenian: Լյուդովիկոս (Lyudovikos)
- → Dutch: Ludo
- → Hungarian: Lajos
- → French: Ludovic
- → German: Chlodwig
- → Greek: Λουδοβίκος (Loudovíkos)
- → Italian: Ludovico, Lodovico
- → Latvian: Ludis
- → Lithuanian: Liudvikas
- → Polish: Ludwik
- → Old Church Slavonic: Людвигъ (Ljudvigŭ)
- → Romanian: Ludovic
- → Russian: Людо́вик (Ljudóvik)
- → Sardinian: Ludovicu
- → Slovak: Ľudovít
- → Swedish: Love
- → Sicilian: Lici, Luiggi