ibidem

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See also: ibídem

Latin

Etymology 1

From ibī +‎ -dem (new interpreted particle from īdem).

Pronunciation

Adverb

ibīdem (not comparable)

  1. in that very place; in or at the same place; in, at, or on the same spot
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.116–117:
      ast illam ter flūctus ibīdem
      torquet agēns circum, et rapidus vorat aequore vortex.
      and then, driving waves whirl that around three in the same spot, and a swift whirlpool swallows it up in the sea.
      (The storm at sea destroys the ill-fated Lycian ship.)
  2. at that very instant, at the same time
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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

ībidem

  1. accusative singular of ībis

References

  • ibidem”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ibidem”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ibidem in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ibidem.

Adverb

ibidem

  1. ibidem, ibid.