Bidis

See also: bidis and bídís

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.dis/, [ˈbɪd̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.dis/, [ˈbiːd̪is]

Proper noun

Bidis f sg (genitive Bidis); third declension

1. A small town in Sicily not far from Syracusae, probably the modern Vizzini

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Bidis
genitive	Bidis
dative	Bidī
accusative	Bidem
ablative	Bide
vocative	Bidis
locative	Bidī Bide

Derived terms

• Bidinī
• Bidinus

References

• “Bidis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Bidis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Bidis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly