aedis

See also: Aedis

Latin

Alternative forms

• aedēs
• ēdis, edēs (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *aiðes, genitive of *aiss, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éydʰ-s, from *h₂eydʰ- (“to ignite; fire”) (whence also Latin aestās, aestus).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈae̯.dɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.dis]

Noun

aedis f (genitive aedis); third declension

1. temple, shrine
2. tomb
3. room
4. (in the singular) dwelling (of gods)
5. (in the plural) house, abode (for people)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	aedis	aedēs
genitive	aedis	aedium
dative	aedī	aedibus
accusative	aedem	aedēs aedīs
ablative	aede	aedibus
vocative	aedis	aedēs

Derived terms

• aedicula
• aedificium
• aedificō
• aedīlis
• aedituus
• cavaedium

References

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