nestis

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Esperanto[edit]

Verb[edit]

nestis

  1. past of nesti

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

nēstis f (genitive nēstidis); third declension

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

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nēstis nēstidēs
Genitive nēstidis nēstidum
Dative nēstidī nēstidibus
Accusative nēstidem nēstidēs
Ablative nēstide nēstidibus
Vocative nēstis nēstidēs

References[edit]

  • “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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