idem

[ ahy-dem, id-em ]

/ ˈaɪ dɛm, ˈɪd ɛm /

pronoun, adjective

the same as previously given or mentioned.

Nearby words

Origin of idem

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin īdem

Can be confusedibid. ibidem idem op. cit.

alter idem

[ ahl-ter ee-dem; English awl-ter ahy-dem, al- ]

/ ˈɑl tɛr ˈi dɛm; English ˈɔl tər ˈaɪ dɛm, ˈæl- /

noun Latin.

another exactly the same.

semper idem

[ sem-per ee-dem; English sem-per ahy-dem, id-em ]

/ ˈsɛm pɛr ˈi dɛm; English ˈsɛm pər ˈaɪ dɛm, ˈɪd ɛm /

Latin.

always the same.

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Examples from the Web for idem

Down the front of this cope are the words, "Affer opem devenies in idem."
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury|Gleeson White
Ebrietatem inducit; quodque magis mirum est, urina ebriorum, quæ ipsa ab aliis potatur, idem pollet.
The Natural History of the Varieties of Man|Robert Gordon Latham
"Quod factu fœdum est, idem est et Dictu Turpe," returned Small.
Rookwood|William Harrison Ainsworth
Goldsmith said they could not, as they had not the idem velle atque idem nolle—the same likings and the same aversions.
How to be Happy Though Married|E. J. Hardy.

There is no such thing as a great party knit together by community of opinion, ‘idem sentientes de republic.’
The Greville Memoirs|Charles C. F. Greville

British Dictionary definitions for idem

idem

/ Latin (ˈaɪdɛm, ˈɪdɛm) /

the same: used to refer to an article, chapter, etc, previously cited

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Word Origin and History for idem

idem

Latin, literally "the same" (see identical).

semper idem

Latin, literally "always the same;" see semper- + identical.