nidus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin nīdus (“nest”). Doublet of nye and nest. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aɪdəs === Noun === nidus (plural nidi or niduses) An aggregate of neurons. A nest for insects or small animals. A place of infection in an organism. An origin (originating point) for a phenomenon. ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === Dinus, Indus, Indus., indus. == Latin == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Italic *nizdos, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”). Cognate with Sanskrit नीड (nīḍá), Old Armenian նիստ (nist), Old Church Slavonic гнѣздо (gnězdo), and Old English nest (whence English nest). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈniː.dʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.dus] === Noun === nīdus m (genitive nīdī); second declension nest dwelling for animals ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== nīdificō nīdifōrmis (New Latin, specific epithet) ==== Descendants ==== === 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.