Aestii
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Latin
Etymology
Uncertain. Most often connected with Germanic roots, e.g. *aistāną (“to respect”), *aistaz (“kiln”) (the first two perhaps through Gothic, the latter perhaps with a shift to "grain drying room") or *austrą (“east”) (the latter is phonetically difficult to reconcile). Another theory links it with a Baltic name, perhaps related to Aistere, a village located in modern Latvia (perhaps deriving from a word meaning "field, land").[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈae̯s.ti.iː/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈes.ti.i/,
Proper noun
Aestiī m pl (genitive Aestiōrum); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Aestiī |
| genitive | Aestiōrum |
| dative | Aestiīs |
| accusative | Aestiōs |
| ablative | Aestiīs |
| vocative | Aestiī |
References
- Aestii in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.