Βαλδίμερ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Βλαδίμερ (Bladímer), Βλαδίμηρ (Bladímēr), Βλαδήμηρ (Bladḗmēr), Βλαδίμηρος (Bladímēros)[1]
Etymology
From Old Bulgarian *Валдимѣръ, from Proto-Slavic *Voldiměrъ.
- Compare Old Church Slavonic алъдии (alŭdij) / алдии (aldij) / ладии (ladij), алъкати (alŭkati) / ал꙽кати (al꙽kati) / алкати (alkati) / лакати (lakati), Middle Bulgarian блатина / бал꙽тина. See also Νεμογαρδα (Nemogarda).
- Other reconstuctions: *Владимѣръ = Βαλδίμερ (per Georgiev), *Văldimirъ > Βαλδιμερος (per Hinc Šewc) [2].
Pronunciation
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /valˈði.mer/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /valˈði.mer/
Proper noun
Βαλδίμερ • (Baldímer) m (genitive Βαλδίμερος); third declension (Medieval)
- (Medieval Greek foreign given name) Vladimir
Usage notes
- Attested once in George Hamartolos' chronicle (section "De Basilii Macedonis educatione"), as name of Vladimir of Bulgaria (889–893).[3][4]
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Βαλδῐ́μερ; τοῦ Βαλδῐ́μερος (Byzantine)
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Βαλδῐ́μερ ho Baldímer | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Βαλδῐ́μερος toû Baldímeros | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Βαλδῐ́μερῐ tôi Baldímeri | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Βαλδῐ́μερᾰ tòn Baldímera | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Βαλδῐ́μερ Baldímer | ||||||||||||
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References
- Georgiev, Vladimir (1963), “Русское аканье и его отношение к системе фонем праславянского языка”, in Вопросы языкознания, issue 2, Moscow: USSR Academy of Sciences Publishing House, page 23
- Hinc Šewc (2003), “Славянская метатеза плавных и процесс дезинтеграции праславянского”, in Вопросы языкознания (in Russian), issue 1, Moscow: Nauka, page 84: “Βαλδιμερος”
- Eduard de Muralt (1863), “Βαλδίμερ (Baldimer)”, in Χρονικὸν σύντομον ὲκ διαφορων χρονογράφων τε καὶ ὲξηγητῶν συλλεγὲν καὶ συντεϑὲν ὑπὸ Γεωργίου μοναχοῦ του επικλην Ἁμαρτωλου [Chronicon breve quod ex variis chronographis et expositoribus decerpsit concinnavitque Georgius monachus cognomine Hamartolus], page 1039
- Immanuel Bekker (1838), “Βαλδίμερ (Baldimer)”, in Theophanes continuatus, Ioannes Cameniata, Symeon Magister, Georgius Monachus (in Latin), Bonn: Eduard Weber, Georgius Monachus, page 818, line 7
Further reading
- Max Vasmer (1941), “§ 23. Die Liquidametathese.”, in Die Slaven in Griechenland (in German), Berlin, page 289