ides

¹

[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.

-ides

²

1. a Greek plural suffix appearing in scientific names.

   cantharides.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of ides¹

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

Origin of ides²

< Greek, plural of -is, suffix of source or origin. See -id ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of ides¹

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

Example Sentences

According to the court documents, Beale also admitted that in 2015 he entered into an agreement with an Italian coin dealer to sell the Eid Mar coin, which was minted in 42BC to commemorate the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March.

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There is no X-marks-the-spot where Julius Caesar met his bloody end on — as tradition and the Shakespeare play “Julius Caesar” would have it — the Ides of March, about the 15th day of the month.

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Accounts, embellished by William Shakespeare, tell how the Roman dictator was stabbed to death by a group of aggrieved senators on the Ides of March - March 15 - in 44 BC.

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An advertising poster for St. Ides Special Brew featuring Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur, which Melber wrangled out of a Seattle bodega decades ago, is displayed in his Brooklyn apartment.

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Beneath the symbols is the Latin inscription “EID MAR,” designating the Ides of March — March 15, 44 B.C. — the fateful day on which the conspirators left Caesar dead on the floor of the Roman Senate.

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