Εἰδοί

Ides

Translated by David Whitehead2 Dec 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

7 words

[sc. A particular day] of the month.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εἰδοί· τοῦ μηνός.

Betacode

*ei)doi/: tou= mhno/s.

In the Roman calendar. The 13th or the 15th, depending on which month it was. See generally nu 489.
For the fateful 'Ides of March' in 44 BCE (which Julius Caesar was warned -- unavailingly -- to 'beware') see Plutarch, Caesar 63.6.