nīdus (noun M) : kindred with Sanscr. nīda and the Germ. and Engl. nest
* A nest.
* Lit.: fingere et construere nidos,Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 23: tignis nidum suspendit hirundo,Verg. G. 4, 307: facere,Ov. M. 8, 257: ponere,Hor. C. 4, 12, 5: struere,Tac. A. 6, 28; Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 92: confingere,id. 10, 33, 49, § 93.—Plur., of a single nest: propria cum jam facit arbore nidos,Juv. 14, 80.—Poet.: majores pennas nido extendere,i. e. to raise one's self above one's birth,Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 21.
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* The young birds in a nest (poet.): nidi loquaces,Verg. A. 12, 475; id. G. 4, 17: nidi queruli,Sen. Herc. Fur. 148.
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* A receptacle, case, for books or goods, Mart. 1, 118, 15; 7, 17, 5.
* A dwelling, residence, house, home: tu nidum servas,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 6: celsae Acherontiae,id. C. 3, 4, 14 (cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 196): senectae,Aus. Mos. 449: nequitiae nidum fecit,Pub. Syr. Sent. v. 10 Rib.
* A vessel in the shape of a nest, a bowl, goblet: nidus potilis, Varr. ap. Non. 145, 3 (Sat. Men. 77, 8).