Ludovicus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Clodovicus, Chlodovechus, Lodhuvicus, Hluduicus
• Aloysius (from Occitan)

Etymology

Latinization of a Frankish or Old High German reflex of Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdawīg (see there for further details).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /luː.doˈu̯iː.kus/, [ɫ̪uːd̪oˈu̯iːkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lu.doˈvi.kus/, [lud̪oˈviːkus]

Proper noun

Lūdovīcus m (genitive Lūdovīcī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) a male given name, equivalent to English Louis

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	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
• → Polish: Ludwik
• → Old Church Slavonic: Людвигъ (Ljudvigŭ)
• → Romanian: Ludovic
• → Russian: Людо́вик (Ljudóvik)
• → Sardinian: Ludovicu
• → Slovak: Ľudovít
• → Swedish: Love
• → Sicilian: Lici, Luiggi