Herodis dies

Latin

Etymology

Hērōdis (genitive of Hērōdēs, “Herod”, a king of Judea, perhaps Herod Agrippa) + diēs (“[a set] day”) = (literally) “Herod’s day”

Noun

Hērōdis diēs f (genitive Hērōdis diēī); fifth declension

1. the Sabbath
   • ante AD 62, Persius, Saturae V, line 180:

     Herodis venere dies unctaque fenestra.

Declension

Indeclinable portion with a fifth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Hērōdis diēs	Hērōdis diēs
Genitive	Hērōdis diēī	Hērōdis diērum
Dative	Hērōdis diēī	Hērōdis diēbus
Accusative	Hērōdis diem	Hērōdis diēs
Ablative	Hērōdis diē	Hērōdis diēbus
Vocative	Hērōdis diēs	Hērōdis diēs

Synonyms

• (the Sabbath): sabbatum

References

• “Herodis dies” under “Hērōdes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press