idem

See also: Idem, IDEM, and ídem

English

Etymology

From Middle English idem, borrowed from Latin idem (“the same”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪ.dɛm/, /ˈaɪ.dɛm/

Adjective

idem (not comparable)

1. The same.

Usage notes

Used almost exclusively in footnotes of academic or scholarly papers, especially those of the legal profession, to indicate that the source or author referred to in a footnote is the same as in the preceding footnote; usually abbreviated when so used.

Derived terms

• id. or id
• idempotence, idempotent

Further reading

• idem on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Demi, Diem, Dime, demi, demi-, dime, meid

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adverb

idem

1. idem, ditto

Anagrams

• meid

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin idem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.dɛm/

Adverb

idem

1. idem, likewise

   Synonym: id.

   • 1968, Serge Gainsbourg (music), “Requiem pour un con”, performed by Serge Gainsbourg:

     Pour moi c'est idem / Que ça te plaise ou non / J'te l'rejoue quand même / Pauvre con

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   pour moi c'est idem ― it's all the same to me

Further reading

• “idem” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• demi, dîme

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.dem/
• Hyphenation: ì‧dem

Adverb

idem

1. ditto, and so, likewise, also

Pronoun

idem

1. ditto, the same

Anagrams

• dime, medi

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Latin

Alternative forms

• eidem (frequently in manuscripts and inscriptions)
• isdem, eisdem (rarely)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *izdim; equivalent to is (“he”) + Proto-Italic *-im (emphatic marker) (whence Sabellic *-om, Oscan 𐌝𐌔𐌝𐌃𐌖𐌌 (ísídum), 𐌄𐌔𐌝𐌃𐌖𐌌 (esídum)), from Proto-Indo-European *im (whence also Old Latin im, em), accusative singular of *éy (so both parts are from the same source). The s was lost and the i lengthened by compensatory lengthening.

When the ablative cases eōd, eād became eō, eā, the true forms eōd-em, eād-em were interpreted as eō-dem, eā-dem. The neuter nominative singular id-em is natural and gives earlier emem (= later eundem). The new marker -dem then served to create totidem, tantumdem, ibīdem, etc. Compare tam-en with its later doublet: tan-dem (← *tam-dem).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.dem/, [ˈiːd̪ɛ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.dem/, [ˈiːd̪ɛm]

Determiner

īdem (feminine eadem, neuter idem); demonstrative pronoun (with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion

1. the same
   • 29 bc. Virgil. Georgics, III

     amor omnibus īdem

     Love is the same for all

Declension

Irregular declension. Similar to the declension of is, ea, id. Demonstrative pronoun (with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	īdem	eadem	idem		īdem1	eaedem	eadem
Genitive	eiusdem				eōrundem eōrumdem	eārundem eārumdem	eōrundem eōrumdem
Dative	eidem2 ēīdem				īsdem1 iīsdem eīsdem
Accusative	eundem eumdem	eandem eamdem	idem		eōsdem	eāsdem	eadem
Ablative	eōdem	eādem	eōdem		īsdem1 iīsdem eīsdem

¹The nom./dat./abl. plural forms regularly developed into a monosyllable /iː(s)/, with later remodelling - compare the etymology of deus. This /iː/ was normally spelled as EI during and as II after the Republic; a disyllabic iī, spelled II, Iꟾ, apears in Silver Age poetry, while disyllabic eīs is only post-Classical. Other spellings include EEI(S), EIEI(S), IEI(S).
²The dat. singular is found spelled EIEI (here represented as ēī) and scanned as two longs in Plautus, but also as a monosyllable. The latter is its normal scansion in Classical. Other spellings include EEI, IEI.

Derived terms

• identidem
• identitās (see there for further derivatives)

Related terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	interrogative	indefinite	(medial) demonstrative	proximal demonstrative	distal demonstrative	relative	indefinite relative	identity	other
basic	quis, quī	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quisquam, aliquisquam, quispiam, ūllus	is, iste, istic	hic	ille, illic	quī	quisquis, quīcumque	ipse, īdem	alter, alius
dual	uter	alteruter, uterque				uter	utercumque
number	quot	aliquot	tot			quot	quotquot, quotcumque	totidem
order	quotus		totus			quotus	quotuscumque
quantity	quam	aliquam	tam			quam	†quamquam	†tamen, †tandem
size	quantus	aliquantus	tantus			quantus	quantuscumque	tantusdem
quality	quālis	aliquālis	tālis			quālis	quālis, quāliscumque
manner	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	ita, sic, eō/istō modō	hōc modō	illō modō	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	item, itidem	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
method, path, place	quā	aliquā, quāque	eā, istāc	hāc	illāc	quā	quāquā, quācumque	eādem	aliā
place	ubi	alicubi, ubique, usquam, uspiam	ibi, istic	hīc	illīc	ubi	ubiubi, ubicumque	ibidem	alibī, aliās
source	unde	alicunde, undeunde	inde, istinc	hinc	illinc	unde	undecumque	indidem	aliunde
destination	quō, quōrsum	aliquō, quōquam, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum	eō, istūc, °istōrsum	hūc, °hōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	quō	quōquō, quōcumque	eōdem	aliō, aliorsum
time	quandō	quondam, aliquandō, quandōque, umquam	tum, tunc	num, nunc	ōlim	cum, quandō	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	simul	aliās
exact time	quota hora		ea/ista hora	hac hora	illa hora	quota hora	quotacumque hora	eadem hora	altera/alia hora
repetition	quotiēns	aliquotiēns	totiēns			quotiēns	quotiēnscumque
multiplication	quotuplex		totuplex			quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare

References

• idem in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• idem in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• idem in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to hold the same views: idem sentire (opp. dissentire ab aliquo)
    
  • to agree with a person: consentire, idem sentire cum aliquo
    
  • to have the same meaning: idem valere, significare, declarare
    
  • synonyms: vocabula idem fere declarantia
    
  • to have the same political opinions: idem de re publica sentire
    
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈidẽj̃/

Pronoun

idem

1. (demonstrative) idem, ditto (the aforesaid, the same)

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Serbo-Croatian

Verb

idem (Cyrillic spelling идем)

1. first-person singular present of ići