Didacus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]An exclusively Iberian name recorded from the mid-8th century, and frequently throughout the 9th century, predominantly in northwestern Iberia.
Of unknown origin. Suggestions have included: a masculine derivation from Greek διδαχή (didakhḗ), perhaps by conflation with διάδοχος (diádokhos); an extension of Latin Didus, Didius (masculine form of Dido) with the Basque suffix -ko-; a Celtic *Divakos, from *deiwos "god"; derivation from Celtiberian Titiacus, from a presumed *Tritiakos. Vernacular forms Diaco, Diago by the 10th century, the form Diego is recorded from the late 11th century.
Proper noun
[edit]Dīdacus m sg (genitive Dīdacī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)
- a male given name
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Dīdacus |
| genitive | Dīdacī |
| dative | Dīdacō |
| accusative | Dīdacum |
| ablative | Dīdacō |
| vocative | Dīdace |
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- Lidia Becker, Hispano-romanisches Namenbuch: Untersuchung der Personennamen vorrömischer, griechischer und lateinisch-romanischer Etymologie auf der Iberischen Halbinsel im Mittelalter (6.-12. Jahrhundert), Walter de Gruyter (2009), 385–389.