Ludovicus

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Clodovicus, Chlodovechus, Lodhuvicus, Hluduicus
Aloysius (from Occitan)

Etymology[edit]

Latinization of a Frankish or Old High German reflex of Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdawīg (see there for further details).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /luː.doˈu̯iː.kus/, [ɫ̪uːd̪oˈu̯iːkʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lu.doˈvi.kus/, [lud̪oˈviːkus]

Proper noun[edit]

Lūdovīcus m (genitive Lūdovīcī); second declension

(Medieval Latin) a male given name, equivalent to English Louis

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Lūdovīcus	Lūdovīcī
Genitive	Lūdovīcī	Lūdovīcōrum
Dative	Lūdovīcō	Lūdovīcīs
Accusative	Lūdovīcum	Lūdovīcōs
Ablative	Lūdovīcō	Lūdovīcīs
Vocative	Lūdovīce	Lūdovīcī

Descendants[edit]

→ 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

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