Ostrogoth definition

ŏstrə-gŏth
One of a tribe of eastern Goths that conquered and ruled Italy from ad 493 to 555.
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An East Goth; esp., a member of the group that conquered Italy in the 5th cent. a.d.
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Any member of an ancient East Germanic tribe, one branch of the Goths (the Visigoths being the other), which invaded Italy in the sixth century.
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Noun

Singular:
ostrogoth
Plural:
ostrogoths

Origin of ostrogoth

  • From Middle English Ostrogotes Ostrogoths from Late Latin Ostrogothī ostro- eastern (of Germanic origin aus- in Indo-European roots) Gothī Goths Goth

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ostrogoth Sentence Examples

  • He became a favourite with Theodoric, the Ostrogoth, who ruled in Rome from 500, and was one of his intimate friends.

  • Odoacer, like the emperors who had gone before him, made Ravenna his chief place of residence, and here he shut himself up when Theodoric the Ostrogoth had invaded Italy and defeated him in two battles.

  • The Ostrogoth collected a fleet and established a severe blockade, which at length caused Odoacer to surrender the city.

  • Together with the Thuringi and Warni they were called upon by Theodoric the Ostrogoth about the beginning of the 6th century to form an alliance with him against the Frankish king Clovis, but very shortly afterwards they were completely overthrown in war by the Langobardi.

  • He was carried for safety into Spain, which country and Provence were thenceforth ruled by his maternal grandfather, Theodoric the Ostrogoth, acting through his vicegerent, an Ostrogothic nobleman named Theudis.

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