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

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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST

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|DAILY BEAST
The correction of Theobald, Ides, has been universally and properly adopted; for 'first' must have been a printer's error.
The Shakespeare-Expositor: An Aid to the Perfect Understanding of Shakespeare's Plays|Thomas Keightley
It must be remembered that up to the ides of March he had heard of no conspiracy.
The Life of Cicero|Anthony Trollope
Is not the Ides of March written large in the story of this planet?
The Vultures|Henry Seton Merriman
Raeburn smiled at her ides of felicity—no cares, and plenty of dogs and cats!
We Two|Edna Lyall
The 14th corresponds to the Ides of March, the day when my hero, the late Caesar, died.
Letters to an Unknown|Prosper Mrime

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

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].

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noun (used with a singular or plural verb)

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