hodie

Ido

Etymology

Directly from Latin hodiē, probably influenced by or borrowed from Esperanto hodiaŭ and Interlingue hodie. Some argue it should be derived from a new prefix: ho- +‎ dio +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈho.di̯e/
• IPA^(key): /hoˈdi.e/

Adverb

hodie

1. today [1960~2000–]

   Synonym: cadie

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Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin hodiē.

Adverb

hodie

1. today

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Latin

Alternative forms

• *oie (Vulgar Latin)

Etymology

From hōc +‎ diē (ablative masculine singular), meaning "on this day". Compare Welsh heddiw, Breton hiziv, German heute (“today”), which are semantically the same construction, but with etymologically unrelated roots, hence not cognate.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈho.di.eː/, [ˈhɔd̪ieː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.di.e/, [ˈɔːd̪ie]

• Audio (Classical):

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Adverb

hodiē (not comparable)

1. today

   Quid agis hodie?

   How are you today?

   Synonym: nunc

Related terms

• diēs
• hodiernus

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *oie (see there for further descendants)
• Borrowings:
  • → Esperanto: hodiaŭ
  • → Ido: hodie
  • → Interlingua: hodie

See also

• crās
• herī

References

• “hodie”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hodie”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hodie 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)
• hodie in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to-day the 5th of September; tomorrow September the 5th: hodie qui est dies Non. Sept.; cras qui dies futurus est Non. Sept.