ides

[ ahydz ]

noun(used with a singular or plural verb)

(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.

Origin of ides

1300–50; Middle English <Old French <Latin īdūs (feminine plural); replacing Middle English idus<Latin

Other definitions for -ides (2 of 2)

-ides

a Greek plural suffix appearing in scientific names: cantharides.

Origin of -ides

<Greek, plural of -is, suffix of source or origin. See -id¹

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How to use ides in a sentence

A soothsayer warned Julius Caesar about the ides of March—a catastrophe looming in the middle of the month.
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They co-wrote and co-produced Good Night, and Good Luck and The ides of March.
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We were in the middle of shooting The ides of March at the time, but I thought Monuments Men could make a great film.
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It follows her recent string of confident, adult performances: Mildred Pierce, True Blood, The ides of March.
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In his next movie, The ides of March , Clooney plays a flawed presidential candidate.
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The next of which was Le bon-sens, ou ides naturelles opposes aux ides surnaturelles.
Baron d'Holbach | Max Pearson Cushing
A troop of pipe-players to Minerva on the ides of June, if we win!
The Lion's Brood | Duffield Osborne
I vow to thee a troop of pipe-players upon the ides of June.
The Lion's Brood | Duffield Osborne
With the advent of the fateful ides of March, winter ii had practically set in, and work outside had a chequered career.
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Laurence to his sweetest son, Severus, borne away by angels on the seventh ides of January.
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British Dictionary definitions for ides

ides

/ (aɪdz) /

noun

(functioning as singular) (in the Roman calendar) the 15th day in March, May, July, and October and the 13th day of each other month: See also calends, nones

Origin of ides

C15: from Old French, from Latin īdūs (plural), of uncertain origin

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