Iudices
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Alternative forms
- Jūdicēs (Medieval Latin, Renaissance Latin, New Latin)
- Iūd., Jūd. (Biblical-citation abbreviations)
Etymology
A calque of the Septuagint’s Ancient Greek Κρῐταί (Kritaí, “Judges”), use as a proper noun of κρῐταί (kritaí, “judges”), the nominative plural form of κρῐτής (kritḗs, “judge”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈi̯uː.di.keːs/, [ˈi̯uːd̪ɪkeːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈju.di.t͡ʃes/, [ˈjuːd̪it͡ʃes]
Proper noun
Iūdicēs m pl (genitive Iūdicum); third declension
- (more fully “Liber Iūdicum”) [Book of] Judges (book of the Bible)
Declension
Third-declension noun, plural only.
Further reading
Liber Iudicum on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
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