Desiderius

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Dēsīderius (literally “the longed-for”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdɛzɪˈdɪəɹɪəs/

Proper noun

Desiderius

1. A Latin male given name from Latin

Translations

given name

• Armenian: Դեսիդերիոս (Desiderios)
• Esperanto: Desiderio
• French: Didier (fr)
• Galician: Desiderio (gl)
• German: Desiderius
• Greek: Δεσιδέριος (el) (Desidérios)
• Hungarian: Dezső (hu)
• Italian: Desiderio (it)
• Latin: Desiderius
• Polish: Dezydery, Dezyderiusz, Dezyder
• Portuguese: Desidério m
• Russian: Дезиде́рий (Dezidérij)
• Slovak: Dezider m
• Spanish: Desiderio (es)

Latin

Etymology

From dēsīderium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.siːˈde.ri.us/, [d̪eːs̠iːˈd̪ɛriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.siˈde.ri.us/, [d̪es̬iˈd̪ɛːrius]

Proper noun

Dēsīderius m sg (genitive Dēsīderiī or Dēsīderī); second declension

1. a male given name

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Dēsīderius
genitive	Dēsīderiī Dēsīderī1
dative	Dēsīderiō
accusative	Dēsīderium
ablative	Dēsīderiō
vocative	Dēsīderī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).