Gildasius

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew גֶּלֶד (geleḏ, “skin”), as in Job 16:15, + -ās +‎ -ius.[1]

Proper noun[edit]

Gildāsius m sg (genitive Gildāsiī); second declension

  1. a male given name

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Gildāsius
Genitive Gildāsiī
Dative Gildāsiō
Accusative Gildāsium
Ablative Gildāsiō
Vocative Gildāsī

Descendants[edit]

  • → Breton: Gweltaz, Gentaz
  • → Middle English: Gildas
  • → Old French: Gildas

References[edit]

  1. ^ Howlett, David (2017) “The Start of the Anglo-Latin Tradition”, in Richard Ashdowne, Carolinne White, editors, Latin in Medieval Britain, British Academy, →DOI, →ISBN
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