noun · masculinesecond declension
haedus1
haedus m (genitive haedī)
Classical[ˈhae̯.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛː.dus]
Meaning
- masculineyoung goat, kid
Ηircus, quod Sabini fircus; quod illic fedus, in Latio rure hedus, qui in urbe ut in multis A addito haedus.
We Romans say "hircus" [he-goat], when the Sabines: "fircus"; and that which they there call "fedus" is in the Roman countryside said "hedus", the which in Rome, with the letter A added as in several other such terms, is said "haedus".116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, De Lingua Latina V.97
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
fīlius capraehaedus -ī (m) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 23
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Caper · Hircus · Hœdus
Caper (κάπρος) is the general name for a he-goat, and that which is used in natural history, τράγος; hircus (from χήρ) is an old full-grown he-goat, χίμαρος? whereas hædus, hœdus (χοῖρος), a kid, ἔριφος. (v. 336.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | haedus haedillus | haedī ēdī, haedillī, hēdī, hoedī |
| genitive | haedī ēdī, haedillī, hēdī, hoedī | haedōrum ēdōrum, haedillōrum, hēdōrum, hoedōrum |
| dative | haedō ēdō, haedillō, hēdō, hoedō | haedīs ēdīs, haedillīs, hēdīs, hoedīs |
| accusative | haedum ēdum, haedillum, hēdum, hoedum | haedōs ēdōs, haedillōs, hēdōs, hoedōs |
| ablative | haedō ēdō, haedillō, hēdō, hoedō | haedīs ēdīs, haedillīs, hēdīs, hoedīs |
| vocative | haede ēde, haedille, hēde, hoede | haedī ēdī, haedillī, hēdī, hoedī |
haedus (less correctly hoedus, and archaic aedus or ēdus; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 19, and see the letter H; Sabine, fedus, like fircus for hircus, cf. Varr. L.L. 5, § 97 Müll., and see the letter F), i, m. Sanscr. huda, ram; O. H. Germ. Geiz; cf. Gr. χίμαρος,
I. a young goat, a kid (cf.: hircus, caper).
I. Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 4; 8; Cic. de Sen. 16, 56; Verg. G. 4, 10; Hor. C. 3, 18, 5; id. Epod. 2, 60; Mart. 10, 87, 17.—As a fig. for wantonness:
tenero lascivior haedo, Ov. M. 13, 791; as a fig. of weakness, Lucr. 3, 7.—II. Transf., plur.: Haedi, a small double star in the hand of the Waggoner (Auriga), Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 110; so in plur., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Col. 11, 2, 73:
pluviales Haedi, Verg. A. 9,668; cf. nimbosi, Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 13. —In sing.: purus et Orion, purus et Haedus erit, Prop. 2, 26 (3, 22), 56.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
haedus (not hoedus), ī, m
a young goat, kid, C., V., H., O.—Plur: Haedī, the Kids, two stars in the hand of the Wagoner (Auriga), C.: pluviales, V.—Sing: oriens, H.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *haidos, from earlier *xaidos, probably a loanword from a pre-Indo-European substrate language due to the fact that it cannot be derived from any known root. The only sure cognate is Proto-Germanic *gaits (“goat”). Varro, in De Lingua Latina cites a Sabine form: fedus.
Insular Romance
- Sardinianedu
Balkano-Romance
- Romanianied
- Aromanianed
- Megleno-Romanianied
Elsewhere
- Italianeghiofrom Vulgar Latin *haegulus
- Corsicaneghiufrom Vulgar Latin *haegulus