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Pronunciation / Transliteration: idem
"Il concetto è ripreso da idem a pagina venti."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The same person or thing previously mentioned; used in bibliographies and footnotes.
"For further analysis on this topic, see idem, Chapter 4."
- 1
Denoting the same author, work, or passage just cited.
"The argument continues in the idem volume."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Borrowed directly from Latin idem, meaning 'the same', used historically in scholarly writing, bibliography, and legal contexts to avoid repetition of a previously mentioned author or source.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Idem" is said worldwide
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idem
Transliteration: idem
"L'auteur soutient la même thèse, idem p. 45."
ebd.
Transliteration: ebenda
"Siehe dazu auch ebd., S. 12."
idem
Transliteration: idem
"Il concetto è ripreso da idem a pagina venti."
ídem
Transliteration: ídem
"El autor expone el mismo argumento, ídem."
idem
Transliteration: idem
"Conforme citado anteriormente, idem."
वही
Transliteration: vahi
"संदर्भ के लिए वही ग्रंथ देखें।"
同上
Transliteration: tóng shàng
"参见前书，同上。"
상동
Transliteration: sangdong
"앞의 책과 같음, 상동."
同上
Transliteration: dōjō
"前掲書に同じ、同上。"
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