aedis

Latin

Alternative forms

• aedēs

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

Originally Proto-Italic *ais, aið- (“place with a hearth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰs, from *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈae̯.dis/, [ˈäe̯d̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.dis/, [ˈɛːd̪is]

Noun

aedis f (genitive aedis); third declension

1. temple, shrine
2. tomb
3. room
4. sing. dwelling (of gods) pl. 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
• aedificō
• aedificium
• aedīlis
• aedituus

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.