hesternus

== Latin == === Etymology === Potentially from Proto-Italic *hesternos, in any case a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyes-ter- with apheresis of *dʰ- and *-y- from the initial consonant cluster *dʰǵʰy-. Equivalent to herī +‎ -ter +‎ -nus. Cognate with English yester-, German gestern and Dutch gisteren. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɛsˈtɛr.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [esˈtɛr.nus] === Adjective === hesternus (feminine hesterna, neuter hesternum); first/second-declension adjective yesterday's ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “hesternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “hesternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "hesternus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “hesternus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.