noun · neuter
īdos
īdos n (indeclinable)
Classical[ˈiː.dɔs]Ecclesiastical[ˈiː.dos]
Meaning
- indeclinableeidos, form, shape
Quārtum locum habēbit īdos. Quid sit hoc īdos, attendās oportet et Platōnī inputēs, nōn mihi, hanc rērum difficultātem. Nūlla est autem sine difficultāte subtīlitās.
Fourth place will have eidos. What this eidos is—you ought to pay attention to and call to account Plato, not me, for this difficulty of matters. But there is not any subtlety without difficulty.c. 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 6.58.20
īdos, n., = εἶδος, Lat. species,
I. a form, shape, Sen. Ep. 58, 17 sqq. (written sometimes as Greek).
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
- Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
- Latinīdos
Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)bor. Latin īdos Borrowed from Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos).