idoneus

== Latin == === Etymology === Uncertain. Brugmann derives it from an unattested adverb *idō, like ultrōneus (“voluntary”) is from ultrō (“beyond”, adverb) and extrāneus (“foreign”) from extrā (“outside”, adverb). This adverb can be compared with Sanskrit इद् आ (íd ā́, “precisely that”) and univerbated इदा (idā́, “now”), Avestan 𐬌𐬜𐬀 (iδa, “now”), Gothic ita (“it”), and Old Irish ed (“it”), which Dunkel identifies with a sequence of Proto-Indo-European *íd (“it”) + *óh₁ (emphatic particle). Idōneus would therefore originally have meant something like “of such nature”. Walde and Hofmann prefer the analysis *idō < Proto-Indo-European *íd + *-dō, literally “to that” (compare dōnique). De Vaan gives no etymology. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪˈdoː.ne.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈdɔː.ne.us] === Adjective === idōneus (feminine idōnea, neuter idōneum, comparative magis idōneus, superlative maximē idōneus, adverb idōneē); first/second-declension adjective suitable, proper, fit, apt, convenient Synonyms: commodus, conveniēns, aptus, habilis, opportūnus, dignus, lēgitimus, ūtilis, salūber, iūstus, ūtēnsilis Antonyms: incommodus, inūtilis, ineptus sufficient ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== idōneē idōneitās ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: idoni → English: idoneous → French: idoine → Italian: idoneo → Portuguese: idóneo, idôneo → Spanish: idóneo === References === === Further reading === “idoneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “idoneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "idoneus", 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) “idoneus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. idoneus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016