ides

¹ American  

[ahydz] / aɪdz /

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

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

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-ides ² American  

1. a Greek plural suffix appearing in scientific names.

   cantharides.

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ides British  

/ aɪdz /

noun

1. (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

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Etymology

Origin of ides¹

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

Origin of -ides¹

< Greek, plural of -is, suffix of source or origin. See -id ¹

Example Sentences

According to the court documents, Beale also admitted that in 2015 he entered into an agreement with an Italian coin dealer to sell the Eid Mar coin, which was minted in 42BC to commemorate the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March.

From BBC

There is no X-marks-the-spot where Julius Caesar met his bloody end on — as tradition and the Shakespeare play “Julius Caesar” would have it — the Ides of March, about the 15th day of the month.

From New York Times

Accounts, embellished by William Shakespeare, tell how the Roman dictator was stabbed to death by a group of aggrieved senators on the Ides of March - March 15 - in 44 BC.

From Reuters

Beneath the symbols is the Latin inscription “EID MAR,” designating the Ides of March — March 15, 44 B.C. — the fateful day on which the conspirators left Caesar dead on the floor of the Roman Senate.

From New York Times

The coin, known as the “Eid Mar” and valued at $4.2 million, features the face of Marcus Junius Brutus, the onetime friend and ally of Caesar who, along with other Roman senators, murdered him on the Ides of March in 44 B.C.

From New York Times