aedes (aedis), is?

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1

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I’m a bit confused over this entry:

aedēs (aedis), is, f., temple

  1. Why is aedis within parenthesis? Is it the genitive declension?
  2. Am I declining this correctly?

aedēs
aedis
aedī
aedem
aede

aedēs
aedum
aedibus
aedēs
aedibus

I hate Latin dictionaries…

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2

aedis is an alternative nominative form. So you can have: aedes, aedis etc. or aedis, aedis etc.

Hope this helps.

Ingrid

3

Aedes, aedis is the more common form with aedis, aedis being a variant. In the plural it usually means “house”. You declined it correctly, but the genitive plural would more properly be aedium because the nominative and genitive are parasyllabic.