Theodericus

Latin

Theodericus Rex: King Theoderic the Great of the Ostrogoths, the Goth who became the second Germanic King of the Kingdom of Italy, and a map of his united Gothic realms which grew to span a significant portion of the former western (Latin) Roman Empire in the 5th-6th centuries AD.

Alternative forms

• Teodericus, Theoderichus, Theodorichus, Theodoricus, Theuderichus, Theudericus
• Theuderedus, Theuder, Theodor, Deudorix, Deudoricus

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 Theodōrichus (“Theodoric”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.deˈriː.kus/, [t̪ʰeɔd̪ɛˈriːkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te.o.deˈri.kus/, [t̪eod̪eˈriːkus]

Proper noun

Theoderīcus m sg (genitive Theoderīcī); second declension (Late Latin, Medieval Latin)

1. a male given name from Gothic, equivalent to Koine Greek Θευδέριχος (Theudérikhos) or English Theoderic, Theodoric, or Derek; variant form Theodōrīcus
   • Theoderic or Theodoric:
   1. a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Flāvius Theoderīcus 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)
   2. 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
   3. 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.

	singular
nominative	Theoderīcus
genitive	Theoderīcī
dative	Theoderīcō
accusative	Theoderīcum
ablative	Theoderīcō
vocative	Theoderīce

Derived terms

• Theoderīciānus, Theodōrīciānus
• Theodōris, Theudōris

Descendants

Descendants

(many Romance descendants are learned)

• Vulgar Latin: Deudoricus, Deudorix, Deuterius
• Medieval Latin: Diedericus
• Aragonese: Teodorico
• Asturian: Teodoricu
• → Byzantine Greek: Θευδέριχος (Theudérikhos)
  • Greek: Θεοδώριχος (Theodórichos)
  • → Russian: Теодо́рих (Teodórix)
  • → Ukrainian: Теодо́ріх (Teodórix)
• → Basque: Teodoriko
• Catalan: Teodoric
• → Esperanto: Teoderiko, Teodoriko
• → Estonian: Theoderich
• → Finnish: Teoderik, Theoderik
• → Old French: Theuderich, Theutric
  • French: Théodoric
  • → English: Theoderic, Theodoric
  • → Scots: Theoderic
  • → Welsh: Theodoric
  • Norman: Thierri
  • ⇒ Old French: Tierri
  • → English: Terry
  • French: Thierry
    • → Luxembourgish: Thierry
• Galician: Teoderico, ⇒ Toiriz
• → German: Theoderich
• Occitan: Teodoric
• Italian: Teodorico
• Lombard: Teodorico
• → Polish: Teodoryk
• Portuguese: Teodorico
• Romanian: Theodoric
• Sicilian: Tiuduricu
• → Slovene: Teoderik
• Spanish: Teodorico

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)