aestus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === ēstus (Medieval Latin) === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *aissus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”), with the -tus suffix from Proto-Indo-European *-tus restored via analogy, cf. aestās. Cognate with perhaps aedis, Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō)), Old English ād (“pyre”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈae̯s.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛs.tus] === Noun === aestus m (genitive aestūs); fourth declension heat fire tide surge of the sea (figuratively) passion (figuratively) hesitation ==== Declension ==== Fourth-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== aestuālis aestuārium aestuō aestuōsus ==== Related terms ==== aestās === References === === Further reading === “aestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “aestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “aestus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.