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

Noun

hebdomas f (genitive hebdomadis); third declension

  1. the number seven
  2. seven days; a week
    Synonym: septimāna (Late Latin)
  3. the seventh day

Usage notes

  • The usual word for "seven" as a numeral in Latin is septem.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case 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
  • North Italian:
  • Occitano-Romance:
  • 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:

References

    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.
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