idolum

English

Etymology

From Latin īdōlum. Doublet of eidolon and idol.

Noun

idolum (plural idola)

1. An insubstantial image; a spectre or phantom.
2. A mental image or idea.
3. A misconception or fallacy. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Related terms

• eidolon
• idol

Anagrams

• dolium, moduli, moulid

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image; idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iːˈdoː.lum/, [iːˈd̪oːɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈdo.lum/, [iˈd̪ɔːlum]

Noun

īdōlum n (genitive īdōlī); second declension

1. image, form, especially a spectre, apparition or ghost
2. (Late Latin, Christianity) idol

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	īdōlum	īdōla
Genitive	īdōlī	īdōlōrum
Dative	īdōlō	īdōlīs
Accusative	īdōlum	īdōla
Ablative	īdōlō	īdōlīs
Vocative	īdōlum	īdōla

Descendants

• Catalan: ídol
• Italian: idolo
• Old French: idole
  • French: idole
    • → Polish: idol
    • → Turkish: idol
  • → English: idol, idoll (obsolete)
    • → Japanese: アイドル
      • → Chinese: 愛抖露／爱抖露 (àidǒulù)
      • → Chinese: 愛豆／爱豆 (àidòu)
      • → English: aidoru, idoru
    • → Korean: 아이돌 (aidol)
  • → Middle Dutch: ydool
    • Dutch: idool
• Old Galician-Portuguese: ydolo
  • Galician: idolo
  • Portuguese: ídolo
• Piedmontese: ìdol
• Spanish: ídolo
• → Danish: idol
• → English: idolum
• → Esperanto: idolo
• → German: Idol
• → Ido: idolo
• → Old Irish: ídal, ídol
  • Irish: íol

References

• “idolum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• idolum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• idolum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.