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“aestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“aestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
aestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
ebb and flow (of tide): accessus et recessus aestuum
the ebb: decessus aestus
the alternation of tides: aestus maritimi mutuo accedentes et recedentes (N. D. 2. 53. 132)
the tide is coming in: aestus ex alto se incitat (B. G. 3.12)
when the tide begins to go down: aestu rursus minuente
to be able to bear heat and cold: aestus et frigoris patientem esse
to have a severe attack of fever: aestu et febri iactari
at high tide: aestu incitato
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 28