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iudex

iudex

Latin

statua iūdicis (statue of a judge)

Alternative forms

Noun

iūdex m (genitive iūdicis); third declension

  1. judge
  2. decider, umpire
  3. juror

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative iūdex iūdicēs
genitive iūdicis iūdicum
dative iūdicī iūdicibus
accusative iūdicem iūdicēs
ablative iūdice iūdicibus
vocative iūdex iūdicēs

Derived terms

Related terms

  • iūdicātōrius
  • iūdicātrix

Descendants

  • Occitan: jutge
  • Old Portuguese: joiz
  • Portuguese: juiz
  • Romanian: jude
  • Sardinian: giuge
  • Sicilian: jùdici
  • Spanish: juez
  • Venetian: xudexe
  • Walloon: djudje

See also

References

  • iudex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • IUDEX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “iudex”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • an impartial judge: iudex incorruptus
    • the case is still undecided: adhuc sub iudice lis est (Hor. A. P. 77)
    • the finding of the jury: sententiae iudicum
    • (ambiguous) to challenge, reject jurymen: iudices reicere (Verr. 3. 11. 28)
  • iudex in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers