nidus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nīdus (“nest”). Doublet of nye and nest.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪdəs
Noun
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
Related terms
- and see: nidifugous
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈniː.dʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.d̪us]
Noun
nīdus m (genitive nīdī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nīdus | nīdī |
| genitive | nīdī | nīdōrum |
| dative | nīdō | nīdīs |
| accusative | nīdum | nīdōs |
| ablative | nīdō | nīdīs |
| vocative | nīde | nīdī |
Derived terms
- nīdificō
- nīdifōrmis (New Latin, specific epithet)
Descendants
- 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
- Mirandese: niu
- 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
- Venetan: nit, nìo
References
- “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.