Elladio Explained

Elladio or Eladio is an Italian given name, also known in its feminine variants of Elladia or Eladia. It also appears in Latin as Helladius,[1] [2] in Polish as Heladiusz or Eladiusz and in Spanish as Eladio.[2] These all derive from Ἑλλάδιος Helladios, an ethnonymic name in Greek attested since late antiquity[3] and meaning 'one from Hellas' (i.e. from Greece; ).[4] [5] This is similar to the name "Greca" (see names of Greece and names of the Greeks).

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References

  1. Accademia della Crusca, Dizionario della lingua italiana - Volume VII, 1830, page 633
  2. Web site: Behind the Name - Helladius . 1 May 2013.
  3. Book: Diccionario Griego-Español. http://dge.cchs.csic.es/xdge/%E1%BC%99%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82. Ἑλλάδιος. Spanish.
  4. Web site: Elladio - Santi, beati e testimoni . 1 May 2013.
  5. https://books.google.com/books?id=jt3c6vZk03UC Dizionario dei nomi propri di persona