Iudices

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Jūdicēs (Medieval Latin, Renaissance Latin, New Latin) Iūd., Jūd. (Biblical-citation abbreviations) === Etymology === A calque of the Septuagint’s Ancient Greek Κρῐταί (Krĭtaí, “Judges”), use as a proper noun of κρῐταί (krĭtaí, “judges”), the nominative plural form of κρῐτής (krĭtḗs, “judge”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈjuː.dɪ.keːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈjuː.di.t͡ʃes] === 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. === See also === === Further reading === Liber Iudicum on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la