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.

Derived terms

• Theodosian

Related terms

• Theodosia

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: ثَاوُدُسِيُوس m (ṯāwudusiyūs), ثِيُودُوسِيُوس m (ṯiyūdūsiyūs)
• Bulgarian: Теодосий m (Teodosij)
• Finnish: Theodosius
• French: Théodose (fr) m
• Galician: Teodosio (gl) m
• Greek: Θεοδόσιος (el) m (Theodósios)

  Ancient Greek: Θεοδόσιος m (Theodósios)

• Italian: Teodosio (it) m
• Korean: 테오도시우스 (Te'odosiuseu)
• Latin: Theodosius m
• Polish: Teodozjusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Teodósio (pt) m
• Russian: Феодо́сий (ru) m (Feodósij)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θεοδόσιος (Theodósios, from θεός (theós, “god”) +‎ δόσις (dósis, “a giving”), literally “given by God”). Compare Deōdatus, Matthaeus, Theodōrus, Iōnāthās and Nathanael.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tʰe.ɔˈdɔ.si.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [te.oˈdɔː.s̬i.us]

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.

	singular
nominative	Theodosius
genitive	Theodosiī Theodosī1
dative	Theodosiō
accusative	Theodosium
ablative	Theodosiō
vocative	Theodosī

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