Θεόδωρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Θεός (Theós, “God”) and θεός (theós, “god”) +‎ δῶρον (dôron, “gift”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.ó.dɔː.ros/ → /θeˈo.ðo.ros/ → /θeˈo.ðo.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.ó.dɔː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰeˈo.do.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θeˈo.ðo.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θeˈo.ðo.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θeˈo.ðo.ros/

Proper noun

Θεόδωρος • (Theódōros) m (genitive Θεοδώρου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Theodore

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Θεόδωρος; τοῦ Θεοδώρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Θεόδωρος ho Theódōros
Genitive	τοῦ Θεοδώρου toû Theodṓrou
Dative	τῷ Θεοδώρῳ tôi Theodṓrōi
Accusative	τὸν Θεόδωρον tòn Theódōron
Vocative	Θεόδωρε Theódōre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Θεόδωρος (Theódoros)
• → Amharic: ቴዎድሮስ (tewodros)
• → Arabic: تَادْرُس (tādrus)
• → Georgian: თევდორე (tevdore)
• → Latin: Theodorus (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Armenian: Թէոդորոս (Tʻēodoros)
  • ⇒ Old Armenian: Թորոս (Tʻoros) (shortening)
    • Armenian: Թորոս (Tʻoros)
    • →⇒ Polish: Torosowicz
• → Old Church Slavonic:
  • → Bulgarian: Теодор (Teodor), Тодор (Todor)
  • → Macedonian: Теодор (Teodor), Тодор (Todor)
  • → Mordvinic:
    • Erzya: Кведор (Kvedor)
    • Moksha: Кведор (Kvedor)
  • → Russian: Фёдор (Fjódor) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: Теодор, Тодор

    Latin script: Teodor, Todor

  • → Ukrainian: Федір (Fedir), Теодор (Teodor)
• → Albanian: Todhër, Todhëri

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeˈo.ðo.ɾos/
• Hyphenation: Θε‧ό‧δω‧ρος

Proper noun

Θεόδωρος • (Theódoros) m

1. a male given name, Theodore, Theo
2. Any of the several saints whose feast day in the Greek Orthodox tradition is 17 February.

Declension

  Θεόδωρος

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Θεόδωρος •
genitive	Θεοδώρου •  Θεόδωρου •
accusative	Θεόδωρο •
vocative	Θεόδωρε •

Related terms

• (feminine form) Θεοδώρα (Theodóra)
• (diminutive form) Θεοδωράκης (Theodorákis)
• (pet forms) Θοδωρής (Thodorís)
• (informal form) Θόδωρος (Thódoros)