“summer” in Latin

and adjective, aestas (opposed to hiems): tempus aestivum. The beginning, middle, end of summer, aestas iniens, media, exacta: a wet, dry, hot summer, aestas humida, pluvia carens, perfervida: toward the end of summer, aestate summa, prope exactā: summer is almost over, non multum aestatis superest (Cic.): it is almost summer, aestas imminet, instat: to spend the summer at a place, aestatem agere aliquo loco (☞ aestivare aliquo loco, Suet., Galb., is not to be recommended): of or belonging to summer, aestivus: a summer evening, vesper aestivus: summer-quarters (for troops), aestiva, plur.,: the summer holidays, vacationes aestivae; feriae aestivae (Ruhnken): a summer freckle (a spot on the skin), lentigo (Plin.); lenticula (Cels.): a summer flower, flos aestivus or solstitialis: summer fruit, fructus aestivus; fructus qui aestate provenit; frumenta aestiva, plur., (Plin.): a summer-house, aedes aestivae: a summer residence, aestivus locus (Cic., Qu., Fr., 3, 1, 1); aestiva, -orum, plur., (PROP., summer-quarters; hence ironicē, Cic., Verr., 5, 87, 96, of the summer residence of an effeminate and indolent person): Praeneste, a delightful summer residence, aestivae Praenestae deliciae (Flor., 1, 11, 7): heat of summer, fervor aestivus (Plin.); aestivi solis ardores (Justinus): in the hottest part of summer, flagrantissima aestate (Gell., 19, 5, 1); a summer dress, vestis aestiva levitate (Plin., 11, 23, 27).