noun · femininefirst declension
vidua
vidua f (genitive viduae)
Classical[ˈwɪ.du.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈviː.du.a]
Meaning
- femininewidow, divorced woman
- femininewidow
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
mulier cuius vir mortuus estvidua -ae (f) — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 18
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vidua | viduae |
| genitive | viduae | viduārum |
| dative | viduae | viduīs |
| accusative | viduam | viduās |
| ablative | viduā | viduīs |
| vocative | vidua | viduae |
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
vidua ae, f
viduus, an unmarried woman, L.—A widow: cognitor viduarum: viduas venari avaras, H.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *wiðowā, Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂. Cognates include Sanskrit विधवा (vidhávā), Ancient Greek ἠΐθεος (ēḯtheos), Proto-Slavic *vьdova and Old English widuwe (English widow).
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanvíduafrom Old Catalan viuva
- Catalanviudafrom Old Catalan viuva
- Frenchveuvefrom Old French veve
- Occitanveusafrom Old Occitan vezoa
- Franco-Provençalveva
- Gasconveuda
- Auvergnatvuevafrom Old Occitan vezoa
- Limousinveuvafrom Old Occitan vezoa
Ibero-Romance
- Portugueseviúvafrom Old Galician-Portuguese viuva
- Spanishviudafrom Old Spanish viuda
- Asturianviudafrom Old Leonese viuda
- Galicianviúvafrom Old Galician-Portuguese viuva
- Ladinobivdafrom Old Spanish viuda
- Ladinovibdafrom Old Spanish viuda
- Cebuanobiyudafrom Old Spanish viuda
- Masbatenyobiyudafrom Old Spanish viuda
- Tagalogbiyudafrom Old Spanish viuda
Balkan Romance
- Romanianvăduvă
- Aromanianveduã
Italo-Romance
- Italianvedova
- Piedmontesevidoafrom Italian vedova
- Judeo-Italianוֵידוּוַה
- Sicilianvìduva
- Sicilianvìdua
Elsewhere
- Sardinianfiuda
- Istriotviduva
North-Italian
- Friulianvedue
- Piedmonteseveva
- Piedmonteseveiva
- Piedmonteseoeva
- Piedmonteseveula
- Romanshvaiva
- Romanshvieua
- Venetanvédoa