hebdomas

== Latin == === Alternative forms === ebdomas hebdomada === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἑβδομάς (hebdomás, “seven (noun), a week, a period of seven years”) (genitive ἑβδομάδος (hebdomádos)), from ἕβδομος (hébdomos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɛb.dɔ.mas] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛb.do.mas] === Noun === hebdomas f (genitive hebdomadis); third declension the number seven seven days; a week Synonyms: septimāna (Late Latin), octīduum the seventh day ==== Usage notes ==== The usual word for "seven" as a numeral in Latin is septem. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== hebdomadālis hebdomadārius ==== Descendants ==== See also hebdomada. === References === Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “hebdomas”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 302 Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “hebdomas”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 395 === Further reading === “hebdomas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “hebdomas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “hebdomas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.