Desiderius

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Dēsīderius (literally “the longed-for”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdɛzɪˈdɪəɹɪəs/

Proper noun

Desiderius

a male given name in Latin, Dēsīderius.

Translations

given name

Armenian: Դեսիդերիոս (Desiderios)
Esperanto: Desiderio
French: Didier (fr)
Galician: Desiderio (gl)
German: Desiderius
Greek: Δεσιδέριος (el) (Desidérios)
Hungarian: Dezső (hu)
Italian: Desiderio (it)
Latin: Desiderius
Polish: Dezydery, Dezyderiusz, Dezyder
Portuguese: Desidério m
Russian: Дезиде́рий (Dezidérij)
Slovak: Dezider m
Spanish: Desiderio (es)

Latin

Etymology

From dēsīderium.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deː.siːˈdɛ.ri.ʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d̪e.s̬iˈd̪ɛː.ri.us]

Proper noun

Dēsīderius m sg (genitive Dēsīderiī or Dēsīderī); second declension

a male given name

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Dēsīderius
genitive	Dēsīderiī Dēsīderī¹
dative	Dēsīderiō
accusative	Dēsīderium
ablative	Dēsīderiō
vocative	Dēsīderī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

German: Desiderius
English: Didier
French: Didier
Breton: Dider
Catalan: Desideri
Spanish: Desiderio
Esperanto: Desiderio
Greek: Δεσιδέριος (Desidérios)
Italian: Desiderio
Latin: Desiderius
Dutch: Desiderius
Polish: Dezydery
Portuguese: Desidério
Slovene: Dezider
Czech: Dezider