Isidorus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓σῐ́δωρος (Īsĭ́dōros, “gift of Isis”), from Ἶσῐς (Îsĭs) +‎ δῶρον (dôron).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [iː.sɪˈdoː.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.s̬iˈdɔː.rus]

Proper noun

Īsidōrus m (genitive Īsidōrī); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Isidore or Isadore

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Īsidōrus	Īsidōrī
genitive	Īsidōrī	Īsidōrōrum
dative	Īsidōrō	Īsidōrīs
accusative	Īsidōrum	Īsidōrōs
ablative	Īsidōrō	Īsidōrīs
vocative	Īsidōre	Īsidōrī

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: Isidre
• → English: Isidore
• French: Isidore
• → German: Isidor
  • ⇒ German: Dörries
    • → English: Dorries
• Italian: Isidoro
• → Polish: Izydor
• Portuguese: Isidoro
• Spanish: Isidoro, Isidro

References

• “Isidorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Isidorus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Isidorus.

Proper noun

Isidorus m

1. Isidore of Seville

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “Isidorus”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000