Aegidius

See also: Ägidius

English

Etymology

From Late Latin Aegīdius, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek, meaning "kid skin" (sometimes interpreted as "the protecting").

Proper noun

Aegidius

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek of historical use.

Related terms

• modern given name: Giles

Translations

male given name

• Basque: Egidio
• Breton: Aegidius
• Dutch: Aegidius
• French: Égide
• German: Ägid, Ägidius
• Hungarian: Egyed (hu)
• Italian: Egidio (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian: Aegidius
• Portuguese: Egídio
• Russian: Эги́дий m (Egídij)
• Serbo-Croatian: Егидије
• Spanish: Egidio (es)
• Swedish: Aegidius
• West Frisian: Aegidius

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Latin

Etymology

Probably derived from aegis (“shield”), from Ancient Greek αἰγίς (aigís, “goatskin”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈɡiː.di.us/, [äe̯ˈɡiːd̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈd͡ʒi.di.us/, [eˈd͡ʒiːd̪ius]

Proper noun

Aegīdius m sg (genitive Aegīdiī or Aegīdī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) a male given name.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Aegīdius
Genitive	Aegīdiī Aegīdī1
Dative	Aegīdiō
Accusative	Aegīdium
Ablative	Aegīdiō
Vocative	Aegīdī

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

Descendants

• English: Aegidius, Giles
• French: Égide, Gilles
• Italian: Egidio
• Portuguese: Egídio
• Spanish: Egidio