idus

See also: -idus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

According to Macrobius (Macr. Sat. 1, 15. § 17) from Etruscan īduo, infinitive īduāre, meaning to divide. [1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

īdūs f pl (genitive īduum); fourth declension (plural only)

  1. The ides; in the Roman calendar the fifteenth day of March, May, July, October, and the thirteenth day of the other months. Eight days after the nones.

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case Plural
nominative īdūs
genitive īduum
dative īdibus
accusative īdūs
ablative īdibus
vocative īdūs

Descendants

  • English: ides
  • German: Iden pl
  • Italian: idi
  • Spanish: idus
  • Hebrew: איד‎

References

  • idus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • idus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  1. ↑ John Smith, The New Hampshire Latin grammar: comprehending all the necessary rules in orthography, etymology, syntax, and prosody; with explanatory and critical notes, and an appendix, Boston, 1802, p. 119: „We may derive idus from iduare, an obsolete word signifying to divide.“
  2. ↑ īduo, āre in Karl Ernst Georges' Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch at www.zeno.org

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin īdūs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈidus/, [ˈiðus]

Noun

idus m pl (plural only)

  1. (historical) ides

Further reading

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