Θεοδοσία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Θευδοσῐ́ᾱ (Theudosĭ́ā)

Etymology

From θεός (theós, “god”) +‎ δοτός (dotós, “given”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), literally meaning “given by god”.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Θεοδοσῐ́ᾱ • (Theodosĭ́ā) f (genitive Θεοδοσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Theodosia
    Coordinate term: (male equivalent) Θεοδόσῐος (Theodósĭos)
  2. Theodosia (an ancient city in Crimea; modern Feodosia)
    Synonyms: (amongst the Tauri and Alans) Ἀρδάβδᾱ (Ardábdā), (used by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus) Κάφα (Kápha)
    • pseudo-Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini 51:[1]
      Νῦν δὲ λέγεται ἡ Θευδοσία τῇ Ἀλανικῇ ἤτοι τῇ Ταυρικῇ διαλέκτῳ Ἀρδάβδα, τουτέστιν ἑπτάθεος.
      Nûn dè légetai hē Theudosía tēî Alanikēî ḗtoi tēî Taurikēî dialéktōi Ardábda, toutéstin heptátheos.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First declension of ἡ Θεοδοσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Θεοδοσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Θεοδοσῐ́ᾱ
hē Theodosĭ́ā
Genitive τῆς Θεοδοσῐ́ᾱς
tês Theodosĭ́ās
Dative τῇ Θεοδοσῐ́ᾳ
tēî Theodosĭ́āi
Accusative τὴν Θεοδοσῐ́ᾱν
tḕn Theodosĭ́ān
Vocative Θεοδοσῐ́ᾱ
Theodosĭ́ā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Θεοδοσία (Theodosía)
  • → Armenian: Թեոդոսիա (Tʻeodosia)
  • → Latin: Theodosia
  • → Macedonian: Теодосија (Teodosija)
  • → Polish: Teodozja
  • → Russian: Феодосия (Feodosija)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: Теодосија
    Latin script: Teodosija
  • → Ukrainian: Теодо́сія (Teodósija), Феодосія (Feodosija)

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θεοδοσία (Theodosía).

Proper noun

Θεοδοσία • (Theodosía) f

  1. Theodosia, a female given name
  2. Feodosia (a port and resort city and raion in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia)

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