nidus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nīdus (“nest”). Doublet of nye and nest.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -aɪdəs

Noun

nidus (plural nidi or niduses)

  1. An aggregate of neurons.
  2. A nest for insects or small animals.
  3. A place of infection in an organism.
  4. An origin (originating point) for a phenomenon.
Related terms
and see: nidifugous

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *nizdos, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”). Cognate with Sanskrit नीड (nīḍá), Old Armenian նիստ (nist), Old Church Slavonic гнѣздо (gnězdo), Old English nest (whence English nest).

Pronunciation

Noun

nīdus m (genitive nīdī); second declension

  1. nest
  2. dwelling for animals

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nīdus nīdī
Genitive nīdī nīdōrum
Dative nīdō nīdīs
Accusative nīdum nīdōs
Ablative nīdō nīdīs
Vocative nīde nīdī

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Aragonese: niedo
  • Asturian: ñeru, nieru, níu, ñíu
  • Catalan: niu
  • Corsican: nidu
  • Dalmatian: naid
  • Dutch: nis, niche
  • English: nidus, nide, niche, nyas
  • Extremaduran: ñíu
  • French: nid, niche, niais
  • Friulian: nît, nîd
  • Haitian Creole: nich
  • Interlingua: nido
  • Italian: nido, nidio
  • Lombard: nid, nin
  • Neapolitan: nìdo, nìvo
  • Occitan: nis
  • Papiamentu: neshi, neishi
  • Piedmontese: ni
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: *nio
    • Galician: niño
    • Portuguese: ninho (see there for further descendants)
  • Romansch: gnieu, igniv
  • Sardinian: nidu, niu
    • Campidanese: niu
  • Sicilian: nidu
  • Spanish: nido
  • Venetian: nit, nìo

References
  • “nidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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