hesternus

Latin

Etymology

From herī + -ter + -nus. Cognate with yester- (cf. yesterday).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /hesˈter.nus/, [hɛsˈtɛr.nʊs]

Adjective

hesternus (feminine hesterna, neuter hesternum); first/second declension

  1. yesterday's

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative hesternus hesterna hesternum hesternī hesternae hesterna
genitive hesternī hesternae hesternī hesternōrum hesternārum hesternōrum
dative hesternō hesternō hesternīs
accusative hesternum hesternam hesternum hesternōs hesternās hesterna
ablative hesternō hesternā hesternō hesternīs
vocative hesterne hesterna hesternum hesternī hesternae hesterna

Descendants

References

  • hesternus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hesternus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hesternus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • hesternus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • yesterday, to-day, tomorrow: dies hesternus, hodiernus, crastinus
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