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/
Noun
īdūs f pl (genitive īduum); fourth declension (plural only)
Inflection
Fourth declension.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | īdūs |
Genitive | īduum |
Dative | īdibus |
Accusative | īdūs |
Ablative | īdibus |
Vocative | īdūs |
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
- 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/, [ˈiðus]
Further reading
- “idus” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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