Latin edit

Etymology edit

From hodiē +‎ -rnus.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

hodiernus (feminine hodierna, neuter hodiernum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. today's (of today)
  2. present, present-day
  3. actual

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative hodiernus hodierna hodiernum hodiernī hodiernae hodierna
Genitive hodiernī hodiernae hodiernī hodiernōrum hodiernārum hodiernōrum
Dative hodiernō hodiernō hodiernīs
Accusative hodiernum hodiernam hodiernum hodiernōs hodiernās hodierna
Ablative hodiernō hodiernā hodiernō hodiernīs
Vocative hodierne hodierna hodiernum hodiernī hodiernae hodierna

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: hodiern hodiernal
  • Italian: odierno
  • Portuguese: hodierno
  • Spanish: hodierno

References edit

  • hodiernus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hodiernus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hodiernus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • yesterday, to-day, tomorrow: dies hesternus, hodiernus, crastinus