Diomede

Machine-translated from the Italian article

Diomede is an Italian masculine given name. It derives from the very ancient Greek theophoric name Διομήδης (Diomḗdēs), composed of two elements: the first is Διός (Dios), genitive of Zeus, thus "of Zeus", a term also found in the names Diocles, Dioscorus, Diodorus and Diogenes. The second is traceable to a group of related terms, such as Homeric μήδεα (mḗdea, "plan", "counsel", "cunning"), μήδομαι (mḗdomai, "to devise", "to contrive") and μέδω (médō, "to care for", "to protect"); from this second element also derive Archimedes, Nicomedes and Medea.