idolum
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin īdōlum. Doublet of eidolon, idol, and idea.
Noun edit
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?)
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Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image; idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iːˈdoː.lum/, [iːˈd̪oːɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈdo.lum/, [iˈd̪ɔːlum]
Noun edit
īdōlum n (genitive īdōlī); second declension
- image, form, especially a spectre, apparition or ghost
- (Late Latin, Christianity) idol
Declension edit
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 edit
Descendants
References edit
- “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.