idolum
English
Etymology
From Latin īdōlum. Doublet of eidolon, idol, and idea.
Noun
idolum (plural idola)
- An insubstantial image; a spectre or phantom.
- A mental image or idea.
- A misconception or fallacy. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Related terms
- eidolon
- idol
Anagrams
- dolium, moduli, moulid
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image; idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iːˈdoː.lum/, [iːˈd̪oːɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈdo.lum/, [iˈd̪ɔːlum]
Noun
īdōlum n (genitive īdōlī); second declension
- image, form, especially a spectre, apparition or ghost
- (Late Latin, Christianity) idol
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | īdōlum | īdōla |
Genitive | īdōlī | īdōlōrum |
Dative | īdōlō | īdōlīs |
Accusative | īdōlum | īdōla |
Ablative | īdōlō | īdōlīs |
Vocative | īdōlum | īdōla |
Descendants
Descendants
- Catalan: ídol
- Italian: idolo
- Old French: idole
- French: idole
- → Polish: idol
- → Turkish: idol
- → English: idol, idoll
- → Japanese: アイドル
- → Chinese: 愛抖露/爱抖露
- → Chinese: 愛豆/爱豆
- → Japanese: アイドル
- → Middle Dutch: ydool
- Dutch: idool
- French: idole
- Old Portuguese: ydolo
- Galician: idolo
- Portuguese: ídolo
- Piedmontese: ìdol
- Spanish: ídolo
- → Danish: idol
- → English: idolum
- → Esperanto: idolo
- → German: Idol
- → Ido: idolo
- → Old Irish: ídal, ídol
- Irish: íol
References
- “idolum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- idolum 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)
- idolum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette