hodiernus

Latin

Etymology

From hodiē +‎ -rnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ho.diˈer.nus/, [hɔd̪iˈɛrnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.diˈer.nus/, [od̪iˈɛrnus]

Adjective

hodiernus (feminine hodierna, neuter hodiernum); first/second-declension adjective

1. today's (of today)
2. present, present-day
3. actual

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hodiernus	hodierna	hodiernum		hodiernī	hodiernae	hodierna
Genitive	hodiernī	hodiernae	hodiernī		hodiernōrum	hodiernārum	hodiernōrum
Dative	hodiernō		hodiernō		hodiernīs
Accusative	hodiernum	hodiernam	hodiernum		hodiernōs	hodiernās	hodierna
Ablative	hodiernō	hodiernā	hodiernō		hodiernīs
Vocative	hodierne	hodierna	hodiernum		hodiernī	hodiernae	hodierna

Related terms

• diurnus
• hodiē

Descendants

• English: hodiern, hodiernal
• Italian: odierno
• Portuguese: hodierno
• Spanish: hodierno

References

• “hodiernus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hodiernus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hodiernus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • yesterday, to-day, tomorrow: dies hesternus, hodiernus, crastinus