hesternus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *hesternos, from earlier *xesternos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyésteros (*xesternos is the reflex generated from the apheresis of dʰ- in the initial consonant cluster *dʰǵʰ-, otherwise it is *θesternos but the regular development is x > h). Equivalent to herī + -ter + -nus. Cognate with English yester- (cf. yesterday), German gestern (cf. Gestern) and Dutch gisteren.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hesˈter.nus/, [hɛs̠ˈt̪ɛrnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /esˈter.nus/, [esˈt̪ɛrnus]
Adjective edit
hesternus (feminine hesterna, neuter hesternum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | hesternus | hesterna | hesternum | hesternī | hesternae | hesterna | |
| Genitive | hesternī | hesternae | hesternī | hesternōrum | hesternārum | hesternōrum | |
| Dative | hesternō | hesternō | hesternīs | ||||
| Accusative | hesternum | hesternam | hesternum | hesternōs | hesternās | hesterna | |
| Ablative | hesternō | hesternā | hesternō | hesternīs | |||
| Vocative | hesterne | hesterna | hesternum | hesternī | hesternae | hesterna | |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “hesternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hesternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hesternus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- hesternus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- yesterday, to-day, tomorrow: dies hesternus, hodiernus, crastinus
- yesterday, to-day, tomorrow: dies hesternus, hodiernus, crastinus