hodie

hodie

Ido

Etymology

Directly from Latin hodiē, probably influenced by or borrowed from Esperanto hodiaŭ and Interlingue hodie. Some argue it should be derived from a new prefix: ho- +‎ dio +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• (first etymology) IPA^(key): /ˈho.di̯e/
• (second etymology) IPA^(key): /hoˈdi.e/

Adverb

hodie

1. today [1960~2000–]

   Synonym: cadie

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Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin hodiē.

Adverb

hodie

1. today

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Latin

Etymology

From hōc +‎ diē (ablative masculine singular), meaning "on this day". Compare Welsh heddiw, Breton hiziv, German heute (“today”), which are semantically the same construction, but with etymologically unrelated roots, hence not cognate.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈho.di.eː/, [ˈhɔd̪ieː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.di.e/, [ˈɔːd̪ie]

• Audio (Classical)

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Adverb

hodiē (not comparable)

1. today

   Quid agis hodie?

   How are you today?

   Synonym: nunc

Related terms

• diēs
• hodiernus

Descendants

Romance reflexes via the evolved form */ˈɔje/.

• Dalmatian
  • vai, vuai
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: oghje, oghji
  • Italian: oggi
    • → Neapolitan: ogge
    • → Sicilian: oggi
  • Neapolitan: oje
  • Sicilian: oi, oji
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian:
    • Campidanese: oi
    • Logudorese: oe
    • Nuorese: oje, oze, oe
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: vuê
  • Romansch: oz
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Francoprovençal: Franco-Provençal: hoi
    • Franco-Provençal: hoi
  • Old French: hui (see there for further descendants)
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: hui, vui ⇒ avui
  • Occitan: uèi, uòi
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: güe, hue
  • Old Leonese: [Term?]
    • Asturian: güe, güei
    • Leonese: guei
  • Old Portuguese: oge (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Spanish: oy
    • Ladino: oy
    • Spanish: hoy
• Borrowings:
  • → Esperanto: hodiaŭ
  • → Ido: hodie
  • → Interlingua: hodie
  • → Interlingue: hodie

See also

• crās
• herī

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “hodie”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 447

Further reading

• “hodie”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hodie”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hodie 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)
• hodie in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to-day the 5th of September; tomorrow September the 5th: hodie qui est dies Non. Sept.; cras qui dies futurus est Non. Sept.