idem

[ ahy-dem, id-em ]

/ ˈaɪ dɛm, ˈɪd ɛm /

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pronoun, adjective

the same as previously given or mentioned.

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Origin of idem

1350–1400; Middle English <Latin īdem

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH idem

ibid., ibidem, idem , op. cit.

Words nearby idem

ideation, ideational, ideatum, idée fixe, idée reçue, idem, idempotent, ident, identic, identical, identical proposition

How to use idem in a sentence

In utroque casu tamen remedium idem concupiscentiae mari perstat, et hoc sufficit pro viro ut matrimonium validum sit.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
Anorchismus seu absentia testiculorum bilateralis et congenita, idem efficit ac castratio.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
Et idem Johannes nullam partem artium prædictarum ab apprenticio suo concelabit.
The Influence and Development of English Gilds|Francis Aiden Hibbert
Not semper idem but semper alterum is the keynote of science.
The Necessity of Atheism|Dr. D.M. Brooks

Thus if God united my soul to a body in China, the same body, idem numero would be in China.
The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal|Blaise Pascal

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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