aestas

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word aestas. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word aestas, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say aestas in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word aestas you have here. The definition of the word aestas will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofaestas, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *aissāts, with the suffix -tāt-s restored via analogy. The root is from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”), and has cognates in Latin aestus, perhaps aedis, Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō)), Old English ād (“pyre”). The noun suffix is from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts.

De Vaan criticizes a prevalent simple etymology from *h₂e-h₂idʰ-teh₂t-s (with an i-reduplicated root) as unfounded, also observing -dʰt- becomes -ss- in Latin rather than -st-, preferring instead *h₂eydʰ-teh₂ts > Proto-Italic *aissāt-s, which then had the suffix -t- consonant restored.

Pronunciation

Noun

aestās f (genitive aestātis); third declension

  1. summer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aestās aestātēs
Genitive aestātis aestātum
Dative aestātī aestātibus
Accusative aestātem aestātēs
Ablative aestāte aestātibus
Vocative aestās aestātēs

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “aestās”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 28
  • “aestas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “aestas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aestas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • in the height of summer, depth of winter: summa aestate, hieme
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “aestas”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 229
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia