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ibidem

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See also: ibídem

English

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Etymology

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From Latin ibīdem (in the same place).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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ibidem

  1. (bibliography) In the same place; indicates a reference to the same source as the previous one.
    Synonym: idem
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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From ibī +‎ -dem (new interpreted particle from īdem).

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Adverb

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ibīdem (not comparable)

  1. In that very place; in or at the same place; in, at, or on the same spot.
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.116–117:
      [...] ast illam ter flūctus ibīdem
      torquet agēns circum, et rapidus vorat aequore vortex.
      [...] and then, driving waves whirl that [ship] around three [times] in the same spot, and a swift whirlpool swallows it up in the sea.
      (The storm at sea destroys the ill-fated Lycian ship.)
  2. At that very instant, at the same time.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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ībidem

  1. accusative singular of ībis

References

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

Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Latin ibidem.

Adverb

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ibidem

  1. ibidem; ibid.