Θεοδοσία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

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

  1. A female given name, equivalent to English Theodosia
  2. The name of the ancient Greek city Theodosia, modern day Feodosia, Crimea.

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Θεοδοσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Θεοδοσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Θεοδοσῐ́ᾱ
hē Theodosíā
Genitive τῆς Θεοδοσῐ́ᾱς
tês Theodosíās
Dative τῇ Θεοδοσῐ́ᾳ
têi Theodosíāi
Accusative τὴν Θεοδοσῐ́ᾱν
tḕn Theodosíān
Vocative Θεοδοσῐ́ᾱ
Theodosíā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • (masculine form): Θεοδόσιος (Theodósios)

Descendants
  • Greek: Θεοδοσία (Theodosía)
  • → Latin: Theodosia
  • → Macedonian: Теодосија (Teodosija)
  • → Polish: Teodozja
  • → Russian: Феодосия (Feodosija)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: Теодосија
    Latin: Teodosija
  • → Ukrainian: Феодосія (Feodosija)

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, 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. The name of the ancient Greek city Theodosia and modern day Feodosia, Crimea.
  • (masculine form): Θεοδόσιος (Theodósios), Θεοδόσης (Theodósis)
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