Aegidius

Aegidius

See also: Ägidius

English

Etymology

From Late Latin Aegīdius, from Ancient Greek, meaning "kid skin" (sometimes interpreted as "the protecting").

Proper noun

Aegidius

1. A male given name of historical use.

Related terms

• modern given name: Giles

Translations

male given name

Basque: Egidio Breton: Aegidius Dutch: Aegidius French: Égide German: Ägid, Ägidius Hungarian: Egyed (hu) Italian: Egidio (it)

Norwegian: Aegidius Portuguese: Egídio Russian: Эги́дий m (Egídij) Serbo-Croatian: Егидије Spanish: Egidio (es) Swedish: Aegidius West Frisian: Aegidius

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Latin

Etymology

Probably derived from aegis (“shield”), from Ancient Greek αἰγίς (aigís, “goatskin”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈɡiː.di.us/, [ae̯ˈɡiː.di.ʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɛˈd͡ʒi.di.us/, [ɛˈd͡ʒiː.di.us]

Proper noun

Aegīdius m (genitive Aegīdiī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) A male given name.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Aegīdius
Genitive	Aegīdiī
Dative	Aegīdiō
Accusative	Aegīdium
Ablative	Aegīdiō
Vocative	Aegīdie

Descendants

• English: Aegidius, Giles
• French: Égide, Gilles
• Italian: Egidio
• Portuguese: Egídio
• Spanish: Egidio