different between nidificate vs nidus

English

Etymology

From Latin n?dific?re, nidificatum, from n?dus (“nest, dwelling of animals”) + -ficare (“to build”).

Verb

nidificate (third-person singular simple present nidificates, present participle nidificating, simple past and past participle nidificated)

1. (intransitive) To make or build a nest.

Synonyms

• nidify
• nidulate

Related terms

and see: nidifugous

Italian

Verb

nidificate

1. second-person plural present indicative of nidificare
2. second-person plural imperative of nidificare
3. feminine plural of nidificato

Anagrams

• edificanti
• identifica

Latin

Verb

n?dific?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of n?dific?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin n?dus (“nest”). Doublet of nye and nest.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?d?s

Noun

nidus (plural nidi or niduses)

1. An aggregate of neurons.
2. A nest for insects or small animals.
3. A place of infection in an organism.
4. An origin (originating point) for a phenomenon.

Related terms

Anagrams

• Dinus, Indus, Indus., indus.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *nizdos, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”). Cognates include Sanskrit ??? (n??á), Old Armenian ???? (nist), Old Church Slavonic ?????? (gn?zdo) and Old English nest (English nest).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ni?.dus/, [?ni?d??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ni.dus/, [?ni?d?us]

Noun

n?dus m (genitive n?d?); second declension

1. nest
2. dwelling for animals

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

• n?dific?
• n?dif?rmis (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