nidus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin nīdus (“nest”). Doublet of nye and nest.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -aɪdəs
Noun[edit]
nidus (plural nidi or niduses)
- An aggregate of neurons.
- A nest for insects or small animals.
- A place of infection in an organism.
- An origin (originating point) for a phenomenon.
Related terms[edit]
Related terms
- and see: nidifugous
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *nizdos, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”). Cognate with Sanskrit नीड (nīḍá), Old Armenian նիստ (nist), Old Church Slavonic гнѣздо (gnězdo), Old English nest (whence English nest).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈniː.dus/, [ˈniːd̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈni.dus/, [ˈniːd̪us]
Noun[edit]
nīdus m (genitive nīdī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | nīdus | nīdī |
Genitive | nīdī | nīdōrum |
Dative | nīdō | nīdīs |
Accusative | nīdum | nīdōs |
Ablative | nīdō | nīdīs |
Vocative | nīde | nīdī |
Derived terms[edit]
- nīdificō
- nīdifōrmis (New Latin, specific epithet)
Descendants[edit]
- Aragonese: niedo
- Asturian: ñeru, nieru, níu, ñíu
- Catalan: niu
- Corsican: nidu
- Dalmatian: naid
- Dutch: nis, niche
- English: nidus, nide, niche, nyas
- Extremaduran: ñíu
- French: nid, niche, niais
- Friulian: nît, nîd
- Haitian Creole: nich
- Interlingua: nido
- Italian: nido, nidio
- Lombard: nid, nin
- Neapolitan: nìdo, nìvo
- Occitan: nis
- Papiamentu: neshi, neishi
- Piedmontese: ni
- Old Galician-Portuguese: *nio
- Romansch: gnieu, igniv
- Sardinian: nidu, niu
- Campidanese: niu
- Sicilian: nidu
- Spanish: nido
- Venetian: nit, nìo
References[edit]
- “nidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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