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

-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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Examples from the Web for ides

Contemporary Examples of ides

A soothsayer warned Julius Caesar about the Ides of March—a catastrophe looming in the middle of the month.
Memorial Days After Mourning Has Passed
Alex Horton
May 25, 2014
They co-wrote and co-produced Good Night, and Good Luck and The Ides of March.
Grant Heslov Is the Robin to George Clooney’s Batman
Andrew Romano
February 7, 2014
We were in the middle of shooting The Ides of March at the time, but I thought Monuments Men could make a great film.
Grant Heslov Is the Robin to George Clooney’s Batman
Andrew Romano
February 7, 2014
It follows her recent string of confident, adult performances: Mildred Pierce, True Blood, The Ides of March.
Evan Rachel Wood Is Grown Up, Unfiltered, and Still Loves Justin Bieber
Kevin Fallon
November 16, 2013
In his next movie, The Ides of March , Clooney plays a flawed presidential candidate.
George Clooney: A 21st-Century Statesman
John Avlon
February 21, 2011

Historical Examples of ides

I vow to thee a troop of pipe-players upon the Ides of June.
The Lion's Brood
Duffield Osborne
A troop of pipe-players to Minerva on the Ides of June, if we win!
The Lion's Brood
Duffield Osborne
The months were divided into three parts, kalends, nones and ides.
Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology
Charles K. Dillaway
Raeburn smiled at her ides of felicity—no cares, and plenty of dogs and cats!
We Two
Edna Lyall
Was I to know, that to-day is the Ides, and to-morrow the day after?
Aurelian
William Ware

British Dictionary definitions for ides

ides

noun

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

Word Origin for ides

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

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Word Origin and History for ides

(plural) early 14c., "middle day of a Roman month," from Old French Ides (12c.), from Latin idus (plural), a word perhaps of Etruscan origin. The 15th of March, May, July, and October; the 13th of other months. "Debts and interest were often payable on the ides" [Lewis].