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Latin
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from an unattested *idō (“there”), from Proto-Indo-European *íd + *-de ~ *-do (compare dōnique), + -eus,[1] but de Vaan considers this improbable.[2]
Pronunciation
Adjective
idōneus (feminine idōnea, neuter idōneum, comparative magis idōneus, superlative maximē idōneus, adverb idōneē); first/second-declension adjective
- suitable, proper, fit, apt, convenient
- Synonyms: commodus, conveniēns, aptus, habilis, opportūnus, dignus, lēgitimus, ūtilis, salūber, iūstus, ūtēnsilis
- Antonyms: incommodus, inūtilis, ineptus
Triclīnium idōneum erat cēnandō.- The dining room was suitable for having dinner.
- sufficient
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “idoneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “idoneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- idoneus 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)
- idoneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to meet with good weather: tempestatem idoneam, bonam nancisci
- to find a suitable pretext: causam idoneam nancisci
- in a favourable position: idoneo, aequo, suo (opp. iniquo) loco
- to choose suitable ground for an engagement: locum ad pugnam idoneum deligere
- the ships sail out on a fair wind: ventum (tempestatem) nancti idoneum ex portu exeunt
- idoneus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “idōneus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 375
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 295