iudex

Latin

statua iūdicis (statue of a judge)

Alternative forms

• jūdex

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From iūs (“law”) + the root of dīcere (“to indicate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯uː.deks/, [ˈi̯uːd̪ɛks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈju.deks/, [ˈjuːd̪eks]

• Audio (Classical):

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Noun

iūdex m (genitive iūdicis); third declension

1. judge
2. decider, umpire
3. juror

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iūdex	iūdicēs
Genitive	iūdicis	iūdicum
Dative	iūdicī	iūdicibus
Accusative	iūdicem	iūdicēs
Ablative	iūdice	iūdicibus
Vocative	iūdex	iūdicēs

Derived terms

• iūdicābilis
• iūdicātiō
• iūdicātō
• iūdicātum

• iūdicātus
• iūdiciālis
• iūdiciāliter
• iūdiciārius

• iūdiciolum
• iūdicium
• iūdicō

Related terms

• iūdicātōrius
• iūdicātrix
• iūstitia

Descendants

• Asturian: xuez
• Catalan: jutge
• Friulian: judis
• Italian: giudice
• Ladin: giudesc
• Ligurian: giùdiçe
• Occitan: jutge
• Old French: juge
  • French: juge
  • Norman: juge (Jersey)
  • Walloon: djudje
  • → Middle English: juge, jugge, iuge
    • English: judge (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: judge, juige
    • Yola: jooudge
• Old Galician-Portuguese: juyz, juiz, joiz
  • Galician: xuíz
  • Portuguese: juiz
• Old Spanish: juez, juiz, judez
  • Ladino: גואיס (jues)
  • Spanish: juez
• Romanian: jude
• Sardinian: giuge
• Sicilian: jùdici
• Venetian: xudexe

References

• “iudex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• iudex 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)
• iudex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • an impartial judge: iudex incorruptus
    
  • the case is still undecided: adhuc sub iudice lis est (Hor. A. P. 77)
    
  • the finding of the jury: sententiae iudicum
    
  • (ambiguous) to challenge, reject jurymen: iudices reicere (Verr. 3. 11. 28)
    
• “iudex”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers