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): [ˈhɛb.dɔ.mas]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛb.d̪o.mas]
Noun
hebdomas f (genitive hebdomadis); third declension
Usage notes
- The usual word for "seven" as a numeral in Latin is septem.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hebdomas | hebdomadēs |
| genitive | hebdomadis | hebdomadum |
| dative | hebdomadī | hebdomadibus |
| accusative | hebdomadem | hebdomadēs |
| ablative | hebdomade | hebdomadibus |
| vocative | hebdomas | hebdomadēs |
Derived terms
Descendants
See also hebdomada.
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Old Italian: edima
- Corsican: èdima
- Old Italian: edima
- North Italian:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Old Catalan: doma
- ⇒ Ecclesiastical Latin: media hebdomas (“middle of the week”)
- Dalmatian: misedma
- Italian: mezzèdima (Tuscan, 'Wednesday')
- Romansch: mesemna
- → Old High German: mittawehha (calque) (see there for further descendants)
- Borrowings:
- → English: hebdomad
References
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “hebdomas”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 302
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “hebdomas”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 395
Further reading
- “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.