Theodosia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Theodosia, from Ancient Greek Θεοδοσία (Theodosía). Feminine form of Theodosius. Doublet of Feodosiya.

Proper noun

Theodosia

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

   Theda Bara, born Theodosia Burr Goodman, was one of the most popular actresses of the silent-film era.

2. A village in Missouri, United States.
3. Alternative form of Feodosiya, a city in Crimea, Ukraine.

Translations

female given name

• French: Théodosie (fr) f
• Greek: Θεοδοσία (el) f (Theodosía)
• Italian: Teodosia (it) f
• Latin: Theodosia f
• Polish: Teodozja (pl) f
• Russian: Феодо́сия (ru) f (Feodósija)

Feodosiya — see Feodosiya

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θεοδοσία (Theodosía). Feminine form of Theodosius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tʰe.oˈdo.si.a/, [t̪ʰeɔˈd̪ɔs̠iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te.oˈdo.si.a/, [t̪eoˈd̪ɔːs̬iä]

Proper noun

Theodosia f sg (genitive Theodosiae); first declension

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek
2. A city of Crimea, now Feodosiya

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Theodosia
genitive	Theodosiae
dative	Theodosiae
accusative	Theodosiam
ablative	Theodosiā
vocative	Theodosia
locative	Theodosiae

Related terms

• Tedusia

References

• “Theodosia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Theodosia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Theodosia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly