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Webster 1913 Edition
Ides
Ides
(īdz)
, Noun.
pl.
[L.
idus
: cf. F. ides
.] (Anc. Rom. Calendar)
The fifteenth day of March, May, July, and October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
The
ides
of March remember. Shakespeare
☞ Eight days in each month often pass by this name, but only one strictly receives it, the others being called respectively the day before the ides, and so on, backward, to the eighth from the ides.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ides
IDES
,Noun.
plu.
Definition 2024
ides
ides
English
Noun
ides (plural ides) (singular used with singular or plural verb)
- 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.
Translations
day in the Roman calendar
See also
Etymology 2
See ide.
Noun
ides
- plural of ide
Anagrams
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *dīsiz (“goddess”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰēs- (“sacred one, saint, hallow, god, deity”). Cognate with Old Saxon idis, Old High German itis, Old Norse dís.
Pronunciation
Noun
ides f
Declension
Declension of ides (strong ō-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | ides | idesa, idese |
accusative | idese | idesa, idese |
genitive | idese | idesa |
dative | idese | idesum |