Ludovicus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
- Clodovicus, Chlodovechus, Lodhuvicus, Hluduicus
- Aloysius (from Occitan)
Etymology edit
Latinization of a Frankish or Old High German reflex of Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdawīg (see there for further details).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /luː.doˈu̯iː.kus/, [ɫ̪uːd̪oˈu̯iːkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lu.doˈvi.kus/, [lud̪oˈviːkus]
Proper noun edit
Lūdovīcus m (genitive Lūdovīcī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) a male given name, equivalent to English Louis
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Lūdovīcus | Lūdovīcī |
| Genitive | Lūdovīcī | Lūdovīcōrum |
| Dative | Lūdovīcō | Lūdovīcīs |
| Accusative | Lūdovīcum | Lūdovīcōs |
| Ablative | Lūdovīcō | Lūdovīcīs |
| Vocative | Lūdovīce | Lūdovīcī |
Descendants edit
- → Armenian: Լյուդովիկոս (Lyudovikos)
- → Dutch: Ludo
- → Hungarian: Lajos
- → French: Ludovic
- → German: Chlodwig
- → Greek: Λουδοβίκος (Loudovíkos)
- → Italian: Ludovico, Lodovico
- → Latvian: Ludis
- → Lithuanian: Liudvikas
- → Polish: Ludwik
- → Old Church Slavonic: Людвигъ (Ljudvigŭ)
- → Romanian: Ludovic
- → Russian: Людо́вик (Ljudóvik)
- → Sardinian: Ludovicu
- → Slovak: Ľudovít
- → Spanish: Luis
- → Swedish: Love
- → Sicilian: Lici, Luiggi