haedus

Latin

Alternative forms

aedus
ēdus
hoedus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *haidos, probably a loanword from a pre-Indo-European substrate language due to the fact that it cannot be derived from any known root. The only sure cognate is Proto-Germanic *gaits (“goat”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhae̯.dus/, [ˈhae̯.dʊs]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.dus/, [ˈɛː.dus]

Noun

haedus m (genitive haedī); second declension

young goat, kid

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	haedus	haedī
Genitive	haedī	haedōrum
Dative	haedō	haedīs
Accusative	haedum	haedōs
Ablative	haedō	haedīs
Vocative	haede	haedī

Derived terms

Haedī
haedīnus

Descendants

Aromanian: ed
Old Italian: eghio
Romanian: ied
Sardinian: edu

References

haedus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
haedus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
haedus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 278
Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 229

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