ides

[ ahydz ]

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.

Origin of ides

1
1300–50; Middle English <Old French <Latin īdūs (feminine plural); replacing Middle English idus<Latin

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Other definitions for -ides (2 of 2)

-ides

  1. a Greek plural suffix appearing in scientific names: cantharides.

Origin of -ides

2
<Greek, plural of -is, suffix of source or origin. See -id1

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How to use ides in a sentence

  • In his next movie, The ides of March , Clooney plays a flawed presidential candidate.

  • 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.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
  • Laurence to his sweetest son, Severus, borne away by angels on the seventh ides of January.

    The Hearth-Stone | Samuel Osgood

British Dictionary definitions for ides

ides

/ (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

Origin of ides

1
C15: from Old French, from Latin īdūs (plural), of uncertain origin

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