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ELPIDIUS
GENDER:
Masculine
USAGE:
Late Greek (Latinized)
OTHER SCRIPTS:
Ελπιδιος
(Ancient Greek)
Meaning & History
Latinized form of the Greek name
Ελπιδιος
(Elpidios)
, which was derived from
ελπις
(elpis)
"hope". This was the name of a 4th-century
saint
who spent twenty years in a cave in Cappadocia.
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OTHER LANGUAGES:
Elpidio
(Italian)
,
Elpidio
(Portuguese)
,
Elpidio
(Spanish)
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