Theodorus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros), from Θεός (Theós, “God”) and θεός (theós, “god”) + δῶρον (dôron, “gift”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tʰe.ɔˈdoː.rʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪e.oˈd̪ɔː.rus]
Proper noun
Theodōrus m (genitive Theodōrī); second declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Theodore
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Theodōrus | Theodōrī |
| genitive | Theodōrī | Theodōrōrum |
| dative | Theodōrō | Theodōrīs |
| accusative | Theodōrum | Theodōrōs |
| ablative | Theodōrō | Theodōrīs |
| vocative | Theodōre | Theodōrī |
Descendants
- Catalan: Teodor
- → Czech: Teodor, Theodor
- → Danish: Theodor, Teodor
- → Greenlandic: Tiutooq
- → Dutch: Theodoor, Theodorus
- → English: Theodore
- → Estonian: Tuudur
- → Faroese: Teodor
- → Finnish: Teutori, ⇒ Teuvo
- French: Théodore
- Galician: Teodoro
- → German: Theodor
- → Hungarian: Tivadar, Teodor, Theodor, Tódor
- → Icelandic: Theodór
- → Irish: Téodóir
- Italian: Teodoro
- → Latvian: Teodors
- →⇒ Limburgish: Thei, Dorus
- → Old English: Þeodorus
- Norman: Théodore
- → Norwegian: Teodor, Theodor, Deodor
- → Polish: Teodor
- Portuguese: Teodoro
- Romanian: Teodor, Theodor, Tudor, Toader
- → Slovak: Teodor
- Sicilian: Tòduru
- → Slovene: Teodor
- Spanish: Teodoro
- → Swedish: Teodor, Theodor
References
- “Theodorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Theodorus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Old English
Proper noun
Theodorus m
- alternative form of Þeodorus