haedus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === aedus ēdus hoedus hedus === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *haidos, from earlier *xaidos, probably a loanword from a pre-Indo-European substrate language due to the fact that it cannot be derived from any known root. The only sure cognate is Proto-Germanic *gaits (“goat”). Varro, in De Lingua Latina cites a Sabine form: fedus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhae̯.dʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.dus] === Noun === haedus m (genitive haedī); second declension young goat, kid ==== Usage notes ==== Varro claims this form was more popular in the city while hedus was more common in rural areas. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Coordinate terms ==== buccus caper capra hircus ==== Derived terms ==== Haedī haedīnus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “haedus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “haedus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “haedus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. 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 278 Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 229