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Ancient Greek roots
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/po.liˈdɔ.ro/ · Italian
01 / Meaning & origin
Polidoro is a masculine given name documented in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. English Wiktionary traces it to Ancient Greek Πολύδωρος.
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πολύδωρος (Polúdōros).
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04 / Through time
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Polidoro— “many gifted”
Πoλύς (Polys), much, very, or many, was a frequent opening for Greek names. Polydoros (Πoλύδωρος), many-gifted, was the youngest and last survivor of the sons of Priam; and as mediæval Europe had a strong feeling for the fate of Troy, and the woes of ‘Polydore’ had an especial attraction for them, so Polidoro was revived in Italy, and has never quite died away.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part III, Chapter IV (Historical Greek Names Consisting Of Epithets), Section VII (Polys) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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Italian painter (1499-1543)
Italian-English scholar (1470–1555)
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