LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuter

īdos

īdos n (indeclinable)
Classical[ˈiː.dɔs]Ecclesiastical[ˈiː.dos]

Meaning

  1. 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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  4. Latinīdos

Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)bor. Latin īdos Borrowed from Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos).

Quick answers

What does īdos mean in Latin?
īdos, a noun, means “eidos, form, shape”.
How do you pronounce īdos?
In classical Latin, [ˈiː.dɔs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈiː.dos].
Where does īdos come from?
Proto-Indo-European *weyd- → Proto-Indo-European *wéydos → Proto-Hellenic *wéidos → Latin īdos.