Iudices

See also: iudices, Judices, and judices

Latin

Alternative forms

Jūdicēs (Medieval Latin, Renaissance Latin, New Latin)
Iūd., Jūd. (Biblical-citation abbreviations)

Etymology

A calque of the Septuagint’s Ancient Greek Κρῐταί (Kritaí, “Judges”), use as a proper noun of κρῐταί (kritaí, “judges”), the nominative plural form of κρῐτής (kritḗs, “judge”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯uː.di.keːs/, [ˈi̯uːd̪ɪkeːs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈju.di.t͡ʃes/, [ˈjuːd̪it͡ʃes]

Proper noun

Iūdicēs m pl (genitive Iūdicum); third declension

(more fully “Liber Iūdicum”) [Book of] Judges (book of the Bible)

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Iūdicēs
genitive	Iūdicum
dative	Iūdicibus
accusative	Iūdicēs
ablative	Iūdicibus
vocative	Iūdicēs