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The notional full-moon day of a Roman month, occurring on the 15th day of the four…The notional full-moon day of a Roman month, occurring on the 15th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 13th day of all other months.
» Beware the ides of March.
Hüte dich vor den Iden des März!
Остерегайся мартовских ид.
Meaning
1 senses(capitalized, historical, often)The notional full-moon day of a Roman month, occurring on the 15th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 13th day of all other months.
The third day before the ides of March is March 13th; the third ides of August is August 11th; and the third of the ides of November is November 11th.
Iden
и́дыídy
in the Roman calendar: the 15th of March or May or July or October or the 13th of any other month
Examples
7 sentencesBeware the ides of March.
ruОстерегайся мартовских ид.
deHüte dich vor den Iden des März!
The ancient Romans called this day the Ides of May.
The soothsayer warned Caesar to "beware the ides of March."
In the Roman calendar, today was the eve of the ides of May.
In the Roman calendar, today was the fourth day before the Ides of May.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English ides, idus, from Anglo-Norman and Old French ides, from Latin īdūs, aFrom Middle English ides, idus, from Anglo-Norman and Old French ides, from Latin īdūs, a fourth-declension plurale tantum, from the Latin practice of treating most recurring calendrical days as plurals. The Latin term is cognate with Oscan eiduis, both perhaps deriving from an unknown Etruscan term. Middle English and Old French also used the singular form ide.
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