videmus

English

Etymology

From the Latin vidēmus (“we see, observe”), the first-person plural present active indicative form of videō (“I see, observe”).

Noun

videmus

1. (rare, humorous pedantic) plural of video
   • 1987: A. van Dantzig and Adam Jones (editor), Fontes Historiae Africanae: Series Varia, volume 5: Pieter de Marees, “Description and Historical Account of the Gold Kingdom of Guinea (1602)”, page 29 (illustrated edition; Oxford University Press for The British Academy; →ISBN, 9780197260562)

     On the whole, their faces are not unbecoming, for they are proportionate to their bodies and therefore adorn their Videmus and appearance.

   • 2000, March 7: David Gruar, alt.uk.a-levels (Google group): revision, 9:00am

     > If the plural of frustrum is frustra, why isn’t the plural of sums sa?
     Perhaps it should be sumus. Just as the plural of video should be videmus.

   • 2000, April 10: David Gruar, alt.uk.a-levels (Google group): HELP- CAREER NEEDED, 8:00am

     I might watch several videmus, certainly. Perhaps before going to some discemus.

   • 2002, David A. Lines, “Aristotle’s Ethics in the Italian Renaissance (ca. 1300-1650): The Universities and the Problem of Moral Education”, in Education and Society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, volume 13, Brill, →ISBN, page 338, →ISBN:

     A bit later, we learn that Muret disagrees both with those who thought that students should start their studies with physics, and with those videmus[.]

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯iˈdeː.mus/, [u̯ɪˈd̪eːmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈde.mus/, [viˈd̪ɛːmus]

Verb

vidēmus

1. first-person plural present active indicative of videō

Descendants

• English: videmus