hebdomas
Latin
Alternative forms
- ebdomas
- hebdomada
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἑβδομάς (hebdomás, “seven (noun), a week, a period of seven years”) (genitive ἑβδομάδος (hebdomádos)), from ἕβδομος (hébdomos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈheb.do.mas/, [ˈhɛbd̪ɔmäs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈeb.do.mas/, [ˈɛbd̪omäs]
Noun
hebdomas f (genitive hebdomadis); third declension
- the number seven
- seven days; a week
- Synonym: septimāna (Late Latin)
- 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
- hebdomadālis
- hebdomadārius
Descendants
See also hebdomada.
- Dalmatian:
- jedma
- Italo-Romance:
- Old Italian: edima
- Corsican: èdima
- Old Italian: edima
- North Italian:
- Emilian: edema (obsolete)
- Ladin: ena
- Lombard: dema
- Romansch: emna, jamna, eanda, eamda, emda, eivna
- 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 (in German), 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