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nidus

nidus

nest

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 48 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. nidus — de Vaan

nidus 'nest' [m. ο] (Ρ1.+) Derivatives: mdamenta, -drum [n.pl.] 'nesting materials' (PL), mdulari 'to build a nest' (Varro apud Non.+). ningit Pit. *nizdo~. PIE *nisdo- *nest\ IE cognates: Mir. net, Ψ. nyth 'nest, dwelling', Skt. mda- [m.] 'nest, lair\ Arm. nist Residence, settlement', Lith. lizdas, Latv. ligzds 4nest\ OCS gnezdo, Ru. gnezdo, SCr. gnijezdo 'nest', OHG nest 'nest'. A PIE compound consisting of *m … — [de Vaan, s.v. nidus, p. 422]

2. nīdus — Lewis & Short

nīdus, i, m.kindred with Sanscr. nīda and the Germ. and Engl. nest,

I a nest.
I Lit.: fingere et construere nidos, Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 23: tignis nidum suspendit hirundo, Verg. G. 4, 307: facere, Ov. M. 8, 257: ponere, Hor. C. 4, 12, 5: struere, Tac. A. 6, 28; Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 92: confingere, id. 10, 33, 49, § 93.—Plur., of a single nest: propria cum jam facit arbore nidos, Juv. 14, 80.—Poet.: majores pennas nido extendere, i. e. to raise one's self above one's birth, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 21.—
II Transf.
A The young birds in a nest (poet.): nidi loquaces, Verg. A. 12, 475; id. G. 4, 17: nidi queruli, Sen. Herc. Fur. 148.—
2 Transf.
(a) Of three children at a birth: loquax, Juv. 5, 143.—
(b) A litter of pigs in a sty, Col. 7, 9, 13.—
B A receptacle, case, for books or goods, Mart. 1, 118, 15; 7, 17, 5.—
C A dwelling, residence, house, home: tu nidum servas, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 6: celsae Acherontiae, id. C. 3, 4, 14 (cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 196): senectae, Aus. Mos. 449: nequitiae nidum fecit, Pub. Syr. Sent. v. 10 Rib.—
D A vessel in the shape of a nest, a bowl, goblet: nidus potilis, Varr. ap. Non. 145, 3 (Sat. Men. 77, 8).

3. nidus — Walde–Hofmann

nidus, -; m. „Nest“ (seit Plaut., rom., ebenso nmedificó seit Verg. bzw. Colum, [vgl. nidifieus Sen.], *nidiculo, *nidále, *nidax; vgl. no niddmentum „Material zum Nest" [seit PlL, nach armämentum usw., Leumann-Stolz* 242], nidulus „Nestchen“ seit Cic., nidulor „mache ein Nest" seit Plin, nidifieium » Nest“ Apul [nach aedi-]: aus *nizdós (von einem Wznom. *ni-zd- f. „das Niedersitzen* ?, Brugmann II? 1, 158; also … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. nidus, p. 1073]

In the wild

6 of 153 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. nidus (scan pp. 422-423; entry #1142). Root candidates: *nisdo-, *sed-.
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. nidus (scan p. 465; entry #7482). Root candidates: *sed-, *ni-.
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. nidus (scan pp. 1073-1074; entry #1848). Root candidates: *ni-, *nei-.

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