idus
See also: -idus
Latin
Etymology
According to Macrobius (Macr. Sat. 1, 15. § 17) from an Etruscan verb meaning to divide, which he cites with Latin flexion as īduāre. [1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈiː.duːs/, [ˈiːd̪uːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.dus/, [ˈiːd̪us]
Noun
īdūs f pl (genitive īduum); fourth declension (plural only)
Declension
Fourth-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | īdūs |
| Genitive | īduum |
| Dative | īdibus |
| Accusative | īdūs |
| Ablative | īdibus |
| Vocative | īdūs |
Descendants
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
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 295-6
- 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.“
- īduo, āre in Karl Ernst Georges' Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch at www.zeno.org
Spanish
Alternative forms
- idos (rare)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈidus/ [ˈi.ð̞us]
- Rhymes: -idus
- Syllabification: i‧dus
Further reading
- “idus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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