LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

hebdomas

hebdomas f (genitive hebdomadis)
Classical[ˈhɛb.dɔ.mas]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛb.do.mas]

Meaning

  1. femininethe number seven
  2. feminineseven days; a week
  3. femininethe seventh day

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativehebdomashebdomadēs
ebdomadēs
genitivehebdomadis
ebdomadis		hebdomadum
ebdomadum
dativehebdomadī
ebdomadī		hebdomadibus
ebdomadibus
accusativehebdomadem
ebdomadem		hebdomadēs
ebdomadēs
ablativehebdomade
ebdomade		hebdomadibus
ebdomadibus
vocativehebdomashebdomadēs
ebdomadēs

hebdŏmas, ădis, f., = ἑβδομάς,
I. the number seven, seven days: libri, qui inscribuntur Hebdomades, Gell. 3, 10, 1: septima fere hebdomade, id est, nono et quadragesimo die, Varr. ib. § 7: hebdomadibus lunae, on every seventh day of the moon, Gell. 15, 2, 3.—Of the critical seventh day in diseases: symphoniam Lysonis vellem vitasses, ne in quartam hebdomada incideres, Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 3 (cf. collat. form hebdomada, s. v.).

Origins

From Ancient Greek ἑβδομάς (hebdomás, “seven (noun), a week, a period of seven years”) (genitive ἑβδομάδος (hebdomádos)), from ἕβδομος (hébdomos).

Borrowings
  • Englishhebdomad
Elsewhere
  • Italianmezzèdimafrom Ecclesiastical Latin media hebdomas
  • Dalmatianmisedmafrom Ecclesiastical Latin media hebdomas
  • Romanshmesemnafrom Ecclesiastical Latin media hebdomas
  • Old High Germanmittawehhafrom Ecclesiastical Latin media hebdomas
Dalmatian
  • unknownjedma
Italo-Romance
  • Corsicanèdimafrom Old Italian edima
North Italian
  • Emilianedema
  • Ladinena
  • Lombarddema
  • Romanshemna
  • Romanshjamna
  • Romansheanda
  • Romansheamda
  • Romanshemda
  • Romansheivna
Occitano-Romance
  • Old Catalandoma

In English words that came into English from hebdomas

  • hebdomadaryhebdomadārius
  • hebdomadalhebdomadālis

Quick answers

What does hebdomas mean in Latin?
hebdomas, a noun, means “the number seven; seven days; a week”.
What is the genitive of hebdomas?
The genitive singular is hebdomadis. hebdomas is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce hebdomas?
In classical Latin, [ˈhɛb.dɔ.mas]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɛb.do.mas].