Timotheus is a masculine male name. It is a latinized version of the
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name (Timόtheos) mmeaning "one who honours God", from τιμή "honour" and θεός "god".
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Timothy'' (and its variations) is a common name in several countries.
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Timotheus of Miletus
Timotheus of Miletus ( grc, Τιμόθεος ὁ Μιλήσιος; c. 446 – 357 BC) was a Greek musician and dithyrambic poet, an exponent of the "new music." He added one or more strings to the lyre, whereby he incurred the displeasure of the Sp ...
, 5th century BC Greek poet and musician at the court of Archelaus I of Macedon
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Timotheus (general)
Timotheus ( el, Τιμόθεος; died 354 BC) was a Greek statesman and general who sought to revive Athenian imperial ambitions by making Athens dominant in a Second Athenian League. He was the son of the Athenian general, Conon. Isocrates co ...
4th century BC, Athenian statesman and general, son of the general Conon
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Timotheus (sculptor), 4th century BC Greek sculptor who took part in the building of Mausoleum of Maussollos
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Timotheus of Heraclea, 4th century BC ruler of Heraclea Pontica, and the son of the tyrant Clearchus of Heraclea
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Timotheus (aulist), a late 4th century BC musician at the court of Alexander the Great
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Timotheus (Ammon), a 2nd century BC Ammonite opponent of Judas Maccabeus
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Tralles, 2nd century BC, victor of the 163 Ancient Olympic Games at Stadion
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Saint Timotheus, 1st century AD Christian leader
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Timotheus of Gaza, 5th century AD Greek grammarian active during the reign of Anastasius
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Pope Timotheus I of Alexandria, 4th century bishop
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Pope Timotheus II of Alexandria, also known as Timotheus Aelurus, 5th century AD monophysite bishop
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Timotheus Salophakiolos, known as Timotheus III, the Greek Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria from 460475 and again from 477 until his death in 485.
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Timotheus IV of Alexandria, a bishop in the 6th century. Also known as Timothy III, since the
Coptic Church
The Coptic Orthodox Church ( cop, Ϯⲉⲕ̀ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ, translit=Ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos, lit=the Egyptian Orthodox Church; ar, الكنيسة القبطي� ...
does not recognize the third Timothy.
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Daumantas of Pskov
Daumantas or Dovmont ( Russian: Довмонт, Belarusian: Даўмонт, Christian name Timothy (russian: Тимофей), ; c. 1240? – 17 May 1299), was a Lithuanian prince best remembered as a military leader of the Principality of ...
, also known as Timotheus of Pskov, 13th Century AD patron saint of the city of Pskov
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Léal Souvenir
''Léal Souvenir'' (also known as ''Timotheus'' or ''Portrait of a Man'') is a small oil-on-oak panel portrait by the Early Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck, dated 1432. The sitter has not been identified, but his highly individual featur ...
, a 1432 portrait by Jan van Eyck alternately known as ''Timotheus''
See also
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Timothy (given name)
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Tim
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Timmy
Timmy, or sometimes Timmie, is a masculine name, a short form of Timothy or Tim. This variation is popular as a nickname and is commonly used when someone is young, but is often used in adulthood. It is a version of the Greek name ( Timόtheo ...
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Timo
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Timothy (disambiguation)
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Tim (disambiguation)
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Timoti (disambiguation) Timoti is a male first name, a Māori transliteration of Timothy as well as an Italian transliteration of Timoteo. It is also occasionally used as a surname. The name belongs to the following persons:
* Timoti Džon Bajford, a Serbia
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