foedus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfoe̯.dus/, [ˈfoe̯d̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfe.dus/, [ˈfɛːd̪us]
Etymology 1
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From Proto-Italic *foiðos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-. Same root as fīdō, fidēs, fīdus and Proto-Germanic *bīdaną.
Noun
foedus n (genitive foederis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | foedus | foedera |
Genitive | foederis | foederum |
Dative | foederī | foederibus |
Accusative | foedus | foedera |
Ablative | foedere | foederibus |
Vocative | foedus | foedera |
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: federal, foedus rerum
- French: fédéral, fédérale
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to frighten; be afraid”). Compare Old English bǣdan (“to defile”). More at bad.
Adjective
foedus (feminine foeda, neuter foedum, comparative foedior, superlative foedissimus, adverb foedē); first/second-declension adjective
- (physically) filthy, foul, disgusting, loathsome, ugly, unseemly, detestable, abominable, horrible
- (mentally) disgraceful, vile, obscene, base, dishonorable, shameful, infamous, foul
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | foedus | foeda | foedum | foedī | foedae | foeda | |
Genitive | foedī | foedae | foedī | foedōrum | foedārum | foedōrum | |
Dative | foedō | foedō | foedīs | ||||
Accusative | foedum | foedam | foedum | foedōs | foedās | foeda | |
Ablative | foedō | foedā | foedō | foedīs | |||
Vocative | foede | foeda | foedum | foedī | foedae | foeda |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “foedus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “foedus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- foedus 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)
- foedus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to conclude a treaty, an alliance: foedus facere (cum aliquo), icere, ferire
- to violate a treaty, terms of alliance: foedus frangere, rumpere, violare
- (ambiguous) according to treaty: ex pacto, ex foedere
- to conclude a treaty, an alliance: foedus facere (cum aliquo), icere, ferire
- “foedus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “foedus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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- Latin 2-syllable words
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- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin third declension nouns
- Latin neuter nouns in the third declension
- Latin neuter nouns
- Latin adjectives
- Latin first and second declension adjectives
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook