Aegidius

See also: Ægidius and Ägidius

English

Etymology

From Late Latin Aegīdius, from Ancient Greek Αἰγιδιός (Aigidiós, “kid skin”) (sometimes interpreted as “the protecting”).

Proper noun

Aegidius

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage.

Related terms

• modern given name: Giles

Translations

male given name

• Basque: Egidio
• Breton: Aegidius
• Dutch: Aegidius
• French: Égide m
• German: Ägid m, Ägidius m
• Greek: Αιγιδιός m (Aigidiós), Αιγίδιος (el) m (Aigídios)

  Ancient Greek: Αἰγιδιός m (Aigidiós)

• Hungarian: Egyed (hu)
• Italian: Egidio (it) m
• Latin: Aegīdius m
• Norwegian: Aegidius
• Polish: Egidiusz m, Idzi (pl) m
• Portuguese: Egídio m
• Russian: Эги́дий m (Egídij)
• Serbo-Croatian: Егидије m
• Spanish: Egidio (es) m
• Swedish: Aegidius
• West Frisian: Aegidius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Ægīdius

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, equivalent to English Giles

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

• French: Gilles
  • → Dutch: Gilles
    • → North Frisian: Jilles
  • → English: Giles
  • → Catalan: Gil
  • → Galician: Xil
  • → Portuguese: Gil
  • → German: Gilgen
    • → Czech: Jiljí
• → Italian: Egidio
• → Spanish: Egidio
• → Portuguese: Egídio
• → French: Égide
• → English: Aegidius
• → German: Ägidius
• → Polish: Idzi
• → Dutch: Gielen
• → Dutch: Giel