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.
hesternus (feminine hesterna, neuter hesternum); first/second-declension adjective
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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 |