idolum

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English

Etymology

From Latin īdōlum. Doublet of aidoru, eidolon, and idol and related to idea.

Noun

idolum (plural idola)

  1. An insubstantial image; a spectre or phantom.
  2. A mental image or idea.
  3. A misconception or fallacy. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image; idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”).

Pronunciation

Noun

īdōlum n (genitive īdōlī); second declension

  1. image, form, especially a spectre, apparition or ghost
  2. (Late Latin, Christianity) idol

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative īdōlum īdōla
Genitive īdōlī īdōlōrum
Dative īdōlō īdōlīs
Accusative īdōlum īdōla
Ablative īdōlō īdōlīs
Vocative īdōlum īdōla

Descendants

Descendants

References

  • “idolum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • idolum 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)
  • idolum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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