Ludovicus
Latin
Alternative forms
- Clodovicus, Chlodovechus, Lodhuuic, Hluduicus
Etymology
Medieval Latin. Latinzation of Old High German *Hlūtwīg or Frankish *Hlōdowig.
The first element is (h)lūt (“famed; loud”) (whence modern German laut), from Proto-Germanic hlūda(z), hlūþa(z) (whence also English loud), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”).
The second element is Old High German wīg (“battle, strife”), from Proto-Germanic *wīgaz, *wīgą (“fight; battle”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /luː.doˈwiː.kus/, [ɫuː.dɔˈwiː.kʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lu.doˈvi.kus/, [lu.doˈviː.kus]
Proper noun
Lūdovīcus m (genitive Lūdovīcī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) A male given name cognate to Louis.
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Lūdovīcus | Lūdovīcī |
| Genitive | Lūdovīcī | Lūdovīcōrum |
| Dative | Lūdovīcō | Lūdovīcīs |
| Accusative | Lūdovīcum | Lūdovīcōs |
| Ablative | Lūdovīcō | Lūdovīcīs |
| Vocative | Lūdovīce | Lūdovīcī |
Descendants
- → Armenian: Լյուդովիկոս (Lyudovikos)
- → Dutch: Ludo
- → Hungarian: Lajos
- → French: Ludovic
- → German: Chlodwig
- → Greek: Λουδοβίκος (Loudovíkos)
- → Italian: Ludovico, Lodovico
- → Latvian: Ludis
- → Lithuanian: Liudvikas
- → Old Church Slavonic: Людвигъ (Ljudvigŭ)
- → Russian: Людо́вик (Ljudóvik)
- → Slovak: Ľudovít
- → Swedish: Love
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