English → Latin
“nest” in Latin
nīdusnest; dwelling for animalsgurgustiumhut, hovel; a hole-in-the-wall, dark and obscure placefingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough); to touch, touch gently, stroke, stroke gently, handle; to adorn, dress, arrangecōnfingōto form, fashion, fabricate; to invent, devise, feign, pretendnīdificōto build a nestnīdulorto build a nest
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
nest
nidus (PROP.; also, facetiously for a human habitation; poetically, for the young birds in a nest, but nowhere for the eggs): gurgustium (contemptuously for a poor, mean dwelling). To build a nest, nidum facere, fingere, or confingere, fingere et construere: nidum texere; nidificare. nidulari (post-Augustan); upon the ground, nidum ponere in terra; nidum ponere (Hor., Od., 4, 12, 5): under a roof, nidum suspendere tecto (Verg., Georg., 4, 307): to rob a nest, implumes aves detrahere nido (Verg., Georg., 4, 513); ova incubanti avi subducere: to keep the nest, nidum servare (Hor., Ep., 1, 10, 6; also, facetiously = to keep the house).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for nest?
- The usual Latin words for “nest” are nīdus, gurgustium, fingō; also cōnfingō, nīdificō, nīdulor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.