Latin search results for: idolum

#1

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. E:idol, image of pagan god
  2. image, form
  3. specter, apparition
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#2

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. fetish (Cal)
  2. idol-temple
  3. idolatry, paganism (Souter)
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: Souter, “A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.”, Oxford 1949