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.oˈdoː.rus/, [t̪ʰeɔˈd̪oːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te.oˈdo.rus/, [t̪eoˈd̪ɔːrus]

Proper noun

Theodōrus m (genitive Theodōrī); second declension

1. 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
• 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.