vidua

See also: Vidua and vídua

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wiðowā, Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂. Cognates include Sanskrit विधवा (vidhávā), Ancient Greek ἠΐθεος (ēḯtheos), Proto-Slavic *vьdova and Old English widuwe (English widow).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯i.du.a/, [ˈu̯ɪd̪uä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.du.a/, [ˈviːd̪uä]

Noun

vidua f (genitive viduae); first declension

1. widow
2. unmarried woman

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vidua	viduae
Genitive	viduae	viduārum
Dative	viduae	viduīs
Accusative	viduam	viduās
Ablative	viduā	viduīs
Vocative	vidua	viduae

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: veduã
  • Romanian: văduvă
• Istriot: viduva
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: vedova
    • → Piedmontese: vidoa
  • Sicilian: vìduva, vìdua
• North-Italian:
  • Friulian: vedue
  • Piedmontese: veva, veiva, oeva, veula
  • Romansch: vaiva, vieua
  • Venetian: védoa
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: veva
  • Gascon: veuda
  • Old Catalan: viuva
    • Catalan: vídua, viuda
  • Old French: veve, vauve, vedve
    • French: veuve
  • Old Occitan: vezoa, veuva, veva
    • Occitan: veusa
      • Auvergnat: vueva
      • Limousin: veuva

Ibero-Romance:

• • Asturian: viuda
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: viuva, viuda
    • Galician: viúva
    • Portuguese: viúva
  • Old Spanish: viuda, vibda, bibda, viuva
    • Spanish: viuda
      • → Cebuano: biyuda
      • → Masbatenyo: biyuda
      • → Tagalog: biyuda
• Sardinian: fiuda

Adjective

vidua

1. inflection of viduus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

viduā

1. ablative feminine singular of viduus

Related terms

• viduitās
• viduō
• viduus

References

• “vidua”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “vidua”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly