Dioscorus

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Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Δῐόσκορος (Dĭóskoros).

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Dioscorus m sg (genitive Dioscorī); second declension

    1. (New Latin) a male given name from Ancient Greek
      • 1587 May 17, Bernardyni Bydgoszcz. Wł., De Controversiis inter Ordinem Ecclesiasticum et Secularem in Polonia, page 175:
        Inquissime etiam & Nestorius a Cyrillo, & a Leone Dioscorus, heretici iudicati sunt in Ephesina & Chalcedonensi Synodo, cum inter ipsos, totaque tum agitabuntur controversia versarentur
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      • 1888, Catholic Church, Breviarium romanum ex decreto sacrosancti Concilii tridentini restitutum, Ratisbonæ: F. Pustet, page 251:
        Quod ubi rediens Dioscorus inspexit, audita novitatis causa, adeo in filiam excanduit, ut stricto ense eam appetens parum abfuerit, quin eam dire confoderet
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      1. Dioscorus of Alexandria (Pope of Alexandria)

    Declension

    Second-declension noun, singular only.

    singular
    nominative Dioscorus
    genitive Dioscorī
    dative Dioscorō
    accusative Dioscorum
    ablative Dioscorō
    vocative Dioscore

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