hebdomas
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἑβδομάς (hebdomás, “seven (noun), a week, a period of seven years”) (genitive ἑβδομάδος (hebdomádos)), from ἕβδομος (hébdomos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈheb.do.mas/, [ˈhɛbd̪ɔmäs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈeb.do.mas/, [ˈɛbd̪omäs]
Noun
hebdomas f (genitive hebdomadis); third declension
Usage notes
- The usual word for "seven" as a numeral in Latin is septem.
- The word septimāna replaced hebdomas as the word for "week" in Later Latin.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hebdomas | hebdomadēs |
| Genitive | hebdomadis | hebdomadum |
| Dative | hebdomadī | hebdomadibus |
| Accusative | hebdomadem | hebdomadēs |
| Ablative | hebdomade | hebdomadibus |
| Vocative | hebdomas | hebdomadēs |
Synonyms
- (a week): septimāna
Derived terms
Descendants
- Dalmatian: jedma
- Italian: edima
- Old French: domée
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- → English: hebdomad
- → French: hebdomadaire
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- Dalmatian: misedma
- Italian: mezzedima (archaic)
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Romansch: mesemna
- → Old High German: mittawehha (calque)
- Middle High German: mittewoche, mitwoche
References
- “hebdomas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hebdomas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hebdomas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.