Didacus
Latin
editEtymology
editAn exclusively Iberian name recorded from the mid-8th century, and frequently throughout the 9th century, predominantly in northwestern Iberia.
Of unknown origin. Suggestions have included: a masculine derivation from Greek διδαχή (didakhḗ), perhaps by conflation with διάδοχος (diádokhos); an extension of Latin Didus, Didius (masculine form of Dido) with the Basque suffix -ko-; a Celtic *Divakos, from *deiwos "god"; derivation from Celtiberian Titiacus, from a presumed *Tritiakos. Vernacular forms Diaco, Diago by the 10th century, the form Diego is recorded from the late 11th century.
Proper noun
editDīdacus m sg (genitive Dīdacī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)
- a male given name
Declension
editSecond-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Dīdacus |
Genitive | Dīdacī |
Dative | Dīdacō |
Accusative | Dīdacum |
Ablative | Dīdacō |
Vocative | Dīdace |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- Lidia Becker, Hispano-romanisches Namenbuch: Untersuchung der Personennamen vorrömischer, griechischer und lateinisch-romanischer Etymologie auf der Iberischen Halbinsel im Mittelalter (6.-12. Jahrhundert), Walter de Gruyter (2009), 385–389.