Associations to the word «Idem»

Wiktionary

IDEM, adjective. The same.
IDEM SONANS, adjective. (legal) (of a name) wrongly spelled, but sufficiently correct to identify someone

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats