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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἑβδομάς (hebdomás, “the number seven”) (genitive ἑβδομάδος (hebdomádos)), from ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”).
Noun
hebdomada f (genitive hebdomadae); first declension
- the number seven
- a group of seven things
- a week (from one Sabbath to the next)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
See also hebdomas.
References
- “hebdomada”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hebdomada in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- hebdomada in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “hebdomas”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 395
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “hebdomada”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 302