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Princeton's WordNet

  1. idesnoun

    in the Roman calendar: the 15th of March or May or July or October or the 13th of any other month

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Idesnoun

    A term anciently used among the Romans, and still retained in the Romish kalendar. It is the 13th day of each month, except in the months of March, May, July and October, in which it is the 15th day, because in these four months it was six days before the nones, and in the others four days. Antoine Furetière

    Etymology: ides, Fr. idus, Lat.

    A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March. William Shakespeare.

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  1. ides

    The ides is a term used in the ancient Roman calendar to mark the approximate middle of the month. In March, May, July, and October, it referred to the 15th day, while in other months it was the 13th day. It is most famous as being the day on which Julius Caesar was assassinated, March 15th, in 44 BC.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ides

    the fifteenth day of March, May, July, and October, and the thirteenth day of the other months

  2. Etymology: [L. idus: cf. F. ides.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Ides

    īdz, n.sing. in ancient Rome, the 15th day of March, May, July, October, and the 13th of the other months. [Fr.,—L. idus, prob. Etruscan.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Ides

    the name given in the Roman calendar to certain days that divide the month; in March, May, July, and October they fall on the 15th, in the rest on the 13th.

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  1. side

  2. seid

  3. desi

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ides in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ides in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of ides in a Sentence

  1. Julius Caesar:

    The ides of March are come. Soothsayer: Ay, Caesar; but not gone.

  2. William Shakespeare:

    Beware the Ides of March.

  3. Julius Caesar:

    Beware the Ides of March

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