nestis

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Esperanto

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Verb

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nestis

  1. past of nesti

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek νῆστις (nêstis, fasting), from Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ed-tis. Compare iēiūnum.

Noun

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nēstis f (genitive nēstidis); third declension

  1. (anatomy) jejunum, the second part of the small intestine

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

References

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  • nestis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nestis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.