idolum

== English == === Etymology === From Latin īdōlum. Doublet of aidoru, eidolon, and idol and related to idea. === Noun === idolum (plural idola) An insubstantial image; a spectre or phantom. A mental image or idea. A misconception or fallacy. (Can we add an example for this sense?) ==== Related terms ==== eidolon idol === Anagrams === dolium, moduli, moulid == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image; idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [iːˈdoː.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈdɔː.lum] === Noun === īdōlum n (genitive īdōlī); second declension image, form, especially a spectre, apparition or ghost (Late Latin, Christianity) idol ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== === References === “idolum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "idolum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “idolum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.