Dictionary formaestus, aestus(masculine)
Translation
heat, blaze; tide, surge; agitation, passion
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | aestus | aestus |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | aestus | aestus |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | aestum | aestus |
| Genitiveof | aestus | aestuum |
| Dativeto, for | aestui | aestibus |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | aestu | aestibus |
Examples
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The heat of the sun was oppressive.
.
The ships were moved by the tide.
quiescebant.
In the midday heat the soldiers were resting.
vexabat.
The turmoil of his mind troubled him for a long time.
crescit.
The tide rises twice a day.
Aestus, aestus, m., fourth declension, so the nominative singular and the genitive singular are spelt identically and only the syntax separates them. The nominative plural is aestus as well.
Underneath everything is heat: the blaze of the sun, the boiling of water, and from the boiling, the sea in motion, hence the tide. The Romans knew tides mainly as an oddity until the campaigns in Britain and on the Atlantic coast made them a logistical problem. Metaphorically it becomes any agitation of the mind. Same root as aestas, "summer", and aestuo, "to seethe". Aestuarium, the ground the tide reaches, gave English estuary.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 9, lesson 7: aestus, papa, turris and 6 more words.