Ostrogoth

American  

[os-truh-goth] / ˈɒs trəˌgɒθ /

noun

1. a member of the easterly division of the Goths, maintaining a monarchy in Italy, a.d. 493–555.

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Ostrogoth British  

/ ˈɒstrəˌɡɒθ /

noun

1. a member of the eastern group of the Goths, who formed a kingdom in Italy from 493 to 552

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Ostrogothic
  adjective
• Ostrogothian
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Ostrogoth

1640–50; < Late Latin Ostrogothī, Austrogotī (plural) < Germanic, equivalent to *austro- eastwards ( Old Norse austr, Old Saxon, Old High German ōstar, Middle Dutch ooster, Old English ēast ( er ) ra; cf. east) + Goth

Example Sentences

Roman soldiers who had served in the East brought many of the steelmaking secrets of Damascus into the Rhineland, and in the 6th Century Theodoric the Ostrogoth pronounced Solingen's swords worthy of Vulcan's own forge.

From Time Magazine Archive

The favour shown by the Ostrogoth sovereign to Cassiodorus, a staunch Catholic, yet senator, consul, patrician, quaestor, and praetorian praefect, is in itself an illustration of the absence of bitter Arian feeling.

From The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 by Hutton, William Holden

The Ostrogoth and Wisigoth kings amassed, in Tolosa and Narbonne, immense treasures in gems and gold and silver vessels.

From Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture by Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William)

Putnam's Sons v n the following pages I have endeavoured to portray the life and character of one of the most striking figures in the history of the Early Middle Ages, Theodoric the Ostrogoth.

From Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation by Hodgkin, Thomas

He is identified, I believe, by universal consent, with Theodoric the Ostrogoth.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown