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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