Latin

Alternative forms

• ebdomas
• hebdomada

Noun

hebdomas f ‎(genitive hebdomadis); third declension

1. the number seven
2. seven days; a week
3. the seventh day

Usage notes

• The usual word for "seven" as a numeral in Latin is septem.
• The word septimāna replaced hebdomas as the word for "week" in Later Latin.

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (a week): septimāna

Derived terms

• hebdomadālis
• hebdomadārius

Descendants

References

• hebdomas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hebdomas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “hebdomas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.