nestis

Esperanto

Verb

nestis

  1. past of nesti

Latin

Etymology

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

Noun

nēstis f (genitive nēstidis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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.