Θεόδωρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s

Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós

Ancient Greek θεός (theós)

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *dóh₃r̥

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom

Proto-Hellenic *dṓron

Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron)

Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος

From 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 tōî 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: Ѳеодоръ (Θeodorŭ)
  • → 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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s

Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós

Ancient Greek θεός (theós)

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *dóh₃r̥

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom

Proto-Hellenic *dṓron

Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron)

Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros)

Greek Θεόδωρος

Inherited from Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros), from θεός (theós, “god”) + δῶρον (dôron, “gift”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Θεόδωρος • (Theódoros) m

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

Declension

Declension of Θεόδωρος

	singular
nominative	Θεόδωρος (Theódoros)
genitive	Θεοδώρου (Theodórou) Θεόδωρου (Theódorou)
accusative	Θεόδωρο (Theódoro)
vocative	Θεόδωρε (Theódore)

Related terms

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