haedus
Latin
Alternative forms
- aedus
- ēdus
- hoedus
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *haidos, probably a loanword from a pre-Indo-European substrate language due to the fact that it cannot be derived from any known root. The only sure cognate is Proto-Germanic *gaits (“goat”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhae̯.dus/, [ˈhae̯.dʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.dus/, [ˈɛː.dus]
Noun
haedus m (genitive haedī); second declension
- young goat, kid
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | haedus | haedī |
| Genitive | haedī | haedōrum |
| Dative | haedō | haedīs |
| Accusative | haedum | haedōs |
| Ablative | haedō | haedīs |
| Vocative | haede | haedī |
Derived terms
- Haedī
- haedīnus
Descendants
- Aromanian: ed
- Old Italian: eghio
- Romanian: ied
- Sardinian: edu
References
- haedus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- haedus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- haedus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 278
- Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 229