nestis

Esperanto

Verb

nestis

  1. past of nesti

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νῆστις (nêstis, “fasting”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-h₁ed-tis. Compare iēiūnum

Noun

nēstis f (genitive nēstidis); third declension

  1. (anatomy) jejunum, the second part of the small intestine

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative nēstis nēstidēs
genitive nēstidis nēstidum
dative nēstidī nēstidibus
accusative nēstidem nēstidēs
ablative nēstide nēstidibus
vocative nēstis nēstidēs

References

  • nestis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nestis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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