Dorotheus

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| gender = Masculine

| meaning = God's gift

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• Theodore
• Matthew
• Božidar

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Dorotheus{{Pronunciation-needed}} or Dorotheos is a male given name from Greek Dōrótheos ({{lang|grc|Δωρόθεος}}), meaning "God's Gift", from {{lang|grc|δῶρον}} (dōron), "gift" + {{lang|grc|θεός}} (theós), "god".{{LSJ|dw{{=}}ron|δῶρον}}, {{LSJ|qeo/s|θεός|ref}}. Its feminine counterpart is Dorothea, (Dorothy). Theodore means the same, with the root words in reverse order. The earliest form of the word {{lang|grc|δῶρον}} is the Mycenaean Greek do-ra, meaning "gifts", written in Linear B syllabic script;{{cite web|url=http://www.palaeolexicon.com/ShowWord.aspx?Id=16638|title=The Linear B word do-ra|website=Palaeolexicon. Word study tool of ancient languages}} {{cite web|last=Raymoure|first=K.A.|url=http://minoan.deaditerranean.com/resources/linear-b-sign-groups/do/do-ra-qe/|title=do-ra-qe|work=Minoan Linear A & Mycenaean Linear B|publisher=Deaditerranean}} the feminine form Theodora is also attested in Linear B as {{lang|gmy|𐀳𐀃𐀈𐀨}}, te-o-do-ra.{{cite web|url=http://minoan.deaditerranean.com/resources/linear-b-sign-groups/te/te-o-do-ra-qe/|title=te-o-do-ra-qe|work=Minoan Linear A & Mycenaean Linear B|publisher=Deaditerranean}}