Odoacer

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Gender Masculine
Usage Gothic (Latinized) [1]
Scripts 饜尠饜尶饜尦饜尠饜崊饜尠饜尯饜崅饜崈(Gothic)
Pronounced Pron. /藢o蕣d.o蕣.藞e瑟.s蓹晒/(American English) /藢蓲d.蓹蕣.藞e瑟.s蓹/(British English)

Meaning & History

From the Gothic name *Audawakrs meaning "wealthy and vigilant", derived from the elements auds "wealth" and wakrs "vigilant". Odoacer, sometimes called Odovacar, was a 5th-century Gothic leader who overthrew the last Western Roman emperor and became the first barbarian king of Italy.