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Ostrogothic

Ostrogothic

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Relating to an ancient East Germanic people who lived in Italy
  • adjective
: ostrogodo
  • The Ostrogothic king Theoderic promoted a flourishing culture in early medieval Italy.
  • Ostrogothic king

This is what the liberal arts are, and this is what's being preserved in the Ostrogothic Kingdom.

Examples

  • The architecture of the city reflects the Ostrogothic influence in its design.

  • Yet he was not much earlier, because the figure of Justinian was part of the original mosaic and was unaccompanied by any Ostrogothic king.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Rome itself, the Eternal City, is now part of an Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy.

  • Boethius was a scholar and the principal minister to Theodoric, the Ostrogothic king of Italy.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Boethius served as a prominent philosopher during the Ostrogothic period in Italy.

Surface Forms

Ostrogothic positive

Morphology

Ostrogothic = Ostrogoth (transparent) = Ostrogoth + ic

Formed by the proper name 'Ostrogoth' plus the productive adjective-forming suffix '-ic', giving 'relating to the Ostrogoths'.

Etymology

Ostrogothic comes from Ostro- meaning 'east' and Goth meaning the Gothic people, so it literally means 'eastern Goth'. That's why Ostrogothic describes things from that group, like their kingdom, art, or style.