Gildasius

Latin

Alternative forms

Gildās, Guidāsius

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew גֶּלֶד (geleḏ, “skin”), as in Job 16:15, + -ās +‎ -ius.[1]

Proper noun

Gildāsius m sg (genitive Gildāsiī); second declension

a male given name

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Gildāsius
Genitive	Gildāsiī
Dative	Gildāsiō
Accusative	Gildāsium
Ablative	Gildāsiō
Vocative	Gildāsī

Descendants

→ Breton: Gweltaz, Gentaz
- → French: Yeltaz
→ Middle English: Gildas
- English: Gildas
→ Old French: Gildas
- French: Gildas
- Poitevin: Jhilda

References

Howlett, David (2017) “The Start of the Anglo-Latin Tradition”, in Richard Ashdowne, Carolinne White, editors, Latin in Medieval Britain, British Academy, →DOI, →ISBN

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