aestas

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *aissāts, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). Cognate with Latin aestus, poss. aedis, Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō)), Old English ād (“pyre”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈae̯s.taːs/
  • Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

aestās f (genitive aestātis); third declension

  1. summer

Inflection

Third declension.

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

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • 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
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