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Dorotheus[pronunciation?] or Dorotheos is a male given name from Greek Dōrótheos (Δωρόθεος), meaning "God's Gift", from δῶρον (dōron), "gift" + θεός (theós), "god".[1] Its feminine counterpart is Dorothea, (Dorothy). Theodore means the same, with the root words in reverse order. The earliest form of the word δῶρον is the Mycenaean Greek do-ra, meaning "gifts", written in Linear B syllabic script;[2] the feminine form Theodora is also attested in Linear B as 𐀳𐀃𐀈𐀨, te-o-do-ra.[3]

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  • Greek: Dorotheos (Δωρόθεος)
  • Latin: Dorotheus
  • English: Dorotheus
  • Russian: Dorofei (Дорофей)
  • Serbian: Dorotej (Доротеј)
  • Czech: Dorota, Dora fem.

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