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Latin
Etymology
From a Germanic origin likely via Gothic *𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (*þiudareiks), from Proto-Germanic *Þeudarīks (from *þeudō (“people”) + *rīks (“king”)). Etymologically unrelated to Latin Theodōrus from Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros, “Theodore”, literally “gift of God”), although medieval conflation of the Germanic and Hellenic names may have given rise to Byzantine Greek Θεοδώριχος (Theodṓrikhos, “Theodoric”), Late Latin Theodōrīchus (“Theodoric”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Theodericus m sg (genitive Theodericī); second declension (Late Latin, Medieval Latin)
- a male given name from Gothic, equivalent to Koine Greek Θευδέριχος (Theudérikhos) or English Theoderic, Theodoric, or Derek; variant form Theodōrīcus
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Flāvius Theodericus Magnus (Theoderic the Great) (c. 454–526 C.E.), King of the Ostrogoths (from 475), of the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy (from 493), and of the Visigoths (from 511)
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Theodoric I (c. 390–451 C.E.), King of the Visigothic Kingdom from 418 to 451
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Theodoric II (c. 426–466 C.E.), King of the Visigothic Kingdom from 453 to 466
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Derived terms
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Descendants
(many Romance descendants are learned)
Further reading
- Theodericus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1568.
- Theodericus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 3104
- Theodericus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)