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Translingual

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Etymology

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A borrowing of Ancient Greek -ίδης (-ídēs, “-son, son of”).

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-ides

  1. resembling

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ίδης (-ídēs, “-son, son of”).

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    -idēs m (genitive -idae); first declension

    1. (poetic) Suffix added to a father's name to form a masculine patronymic: son of
      Feminine equivalent: -is f
    2. (New Latin) Suffix forming the names of members of certain dynasties: -id
      ‎Osman (“Osman”) + ‎-idēs → ‎Osmanidēs (“Osmanid, Ottoman”)
    3. (New Latin, taxonomy) Used to form names of an individual of a certain taxonomic family: -id.
    Declension
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    First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs).

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    • Middle French: -ide
    • Italian: -ide
    • Portuguese: -ida
    • Spanish: -ida
    • → German: -ide

    Etymology 2

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      Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs), from εἶδος (eîdos) + -ης (-ēs).

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      -īdēs (neuter -īdes); third-declension one-termination suffix (Greek-type)

      1. forms adjectives meaning -like, -form; -id
        Synonym: -fōrmis
        ‎aelūrus (“cat”) + ‎-o- + ‎-īdēs → ‎aelūroīdēs (“cat-like, aeluroid”)
      Declension
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      Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).

      singular plural
      masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
      nominative -īdēs -īdes -īdēs -īda
      -īdia1
      genitive -īdis -īdum
      -īdium1
      dative -īdī -īdibus
      accusative -īdem -īdes -īdīs
      -īdēs
      -īda
      -īdia1
      ablative -īde
      -īdī1
      -īdibus
      vocative -īdēs -īdes -īdēs -īda
      -īdia1

      1It is unknown whether adjectives of this type would use i-stem or consonant-stem endings in Classical Latin: the relevant forms are not attested. Depending on the word, either ending or both may be attested in New Latin.

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