vidua

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See also: Vidua and vídua

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wiðowā, Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂. Cognates include Sanskrit विधवा (vidhávā), Ancient Greek ἠΐθεος (ēḯtheos), Proto-Slavic *vьdova and Old English widuwe (English widow).

Pronunciation

Noun

vidua f (genitive viduae); first declension

  1. widow
  2. unmarried woman

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vidua viduae
Genitive viduae viduārum
Dative viduae viduīs
Accusative viduam viduās
Ablative viduā viduīs
Vocative vidua viduae

Descendants

Adjective

vidua

  1. inflection of viduus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

viduā

  1. ablative feminine singular of viduus

Related terms

References

  • vidua”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vidua”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly