hesternus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *hesternos, *hesterinos, or *hestrinos, 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] The fourth-century grammarian Marius Victorinus claims this word is correctly pronounced with a long vowel, although it is unclear what the basis for this statement is or even what syllable is meant (since a long vowel in either the first or second syllable appears etymologically unsupported). Szemerényi 1959 argues a pronunciation hestērnus might have been created by analogy to vērnus, which Szemerényi derives from *vērinos. === Adjective === hesternus (feminine hesterna, neuter hesternum); first/second-declension adjective yesterday's ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “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.