Theodosius

English

Etymology

From Latin Theodosius, from Ancient Greek.

Proper noun

Theodosius

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Usage notes

• Mainly applied to historical persons in English.

Related terms

• Theodosia

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: ثَاوُدُسِيُوس m (ṯāwudusiyūs)
• Finnish: Theodosius
• French: Théodose (fr)
• Galician: Teodosio (gl) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: Θεοδόσιος (el) (Theodósios)
• Italian: Teodosio (it)
• Korean: 테오도시우스 (te'odosiuseu)
• Russian: Феодо́сий (ru) m (Feodósij)

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θεοδόσιος (Theodósios), from θεός (theós, “god”) +‎ δόσις (dósis, “a giving”), literally “given by God”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tʰe.oˈdo.si.us/, [t̪ʰeɔˈd̪ɔs̠iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te.oˈdo.si.us/, [t̪eoˈd̪ɔːs̬ius]

Proper noun

Theodosius m sg (genitive Theodosiī or Theodosī); second declension

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Theodosius
Genitive	Theodosiī Theodosī1
Dative	Theodosiō
Accusative	Theodosium
Ablative	Theodosiō
Vocative	Theodosī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).