Theodora

English

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek feminine form of Theodore.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹə

Proper noun

Theodora

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, most famously borne by two empresses of Byzantium.
   • 1971, John Updike, Marry Me, Knopf, published 1976, →ISBN, page 126:

     Peter Mathias and the baby, a tiny girl with a ridiculous name, had gathered around their mother. What was her name, something barbaric, an empress, not Cleopatra - Theodora.

Related terms

• Theo
• Dora
• Dorothea

Translations

female given name

• Armenian: Թեոդորա (Tʻeodora)
• Bulgarian: Todorka
• Danish: Theodora
• French: Théodora (fr)
• German: Theda
• Greek: Θεοδώρα (el) f (Theodóra)
• Hungarian: Teodóra (hu)
• Italian: Teodora (it)
• Japanese: テオドラ
• Polish: Teodora (pl)
• Portuguese: Teodora
• Romanian: Teodora
• Russian: Теодора (Teodora)
• Spanish: Teodora (es)
• Swedish: Teodora

Anagrams

• Dorothea

Danish

Proper noun

Theodora

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Theodora

Related terms

• Thea, Dora

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tʰe.oˈdoː.ra/, [t̪ʰeɔˈd̪oːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te.oˈdo.ra/, [t̪eoˈd̪ɔːrä]

Proper noun

Theodōra f (genitive Theodōrae); first declension

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Theodora

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Theodōra	Theodōrae
Genitive	Theodōrae	Theodōrārum
Dative	Theodōrae	Theodōrīs
Accusative	Theodōram	Theodōrās
Ablative	Theodōrā	Theodōrīs
Vocative	Theodōra	Theodōrae

References

• Theodora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.