idem

[ ahy-dem, id-em ]

pronoun

1. the same as previously given or mentioned.

idem

/ ˈaɪdɛm; ˈɪdɛm /

(no translation)

1. the same: used to refer to an article, chapter, etc, previously cited

Word History and Origins

Origin of idem¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin īdem

Example Sentences

In utroque casu tamen remedium idem concupiscentiae mari perstat, et hoc sufficit pro viro ut matrimonium validum sit.

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Anorchismus seu absentia testiculorum bilateralis et congenita, idem efficit ac castratio.

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Et idem Johannes nullam partem artium prædictarum ab apprenticio suo concelabit.

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Not semper idem but semper alterum is the keynote of science.

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Thus if God united my soul to a body in China, the same body, idem numero would be in China.

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