Herodis dies

Latin

Etymology

Hērōdis (genitive of Hērōdēs, “Herod”, a king of Judea, perhaps Herod Agrippa) + diēs (“[a set] day”) = (literally) “Herod’s day”

Proper noun

Hērōdis diēs f (genitive Hērōdis diēī); fifth declension

the Sabbath
- ante AD 62, Persius, Saturae V, line 180:
  Herodis venere dies unctaque fenestra.

Declension

Fifth declension.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hērōdis diēs
Genitive	Hērōdis diēī
Dative	Hērōdis diēī
Accusative	Hērōdis diem
Ablative	Hērōdis diē
Vocative	Hērōdis diēs

Synonyms

(the Sabbath): sabbatum

References

“Herodis dies” under Hērōdes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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