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noun · masculinethird declension

nīdor

nīdor m (genitive nīdōris)
Classical[ˈniː.dɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈniː.dor]

Meaning

  1. the steam or smell from roasting, burning or boiling (especially animals)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativenīdornīdōrēs
genitivenīdōrisnīdōrum
dativenīdōrīnīdōribus
accusativenīdōremnīdōrēs
ablativenīdōrenīdōribus
vocativenīdornīdōrēs

nīdor, ōris, m. cf. Gr. κνίσσα for κνιδια,
I. a vapor, steam, smell, from any thing boiled, roasted, burned, etc.: nidoris odores, Lucr 6, 987: galbaneus, Verg. G. 3, 415: pinguescant madidi laeto nidore Penates, Mart. 7, 27, 5; Plin. 24, 15, 85, § 135: nocturnumque recens exstinctum lumen ubi acri Nidore offendit nares, Lucr. 6, 792: ganearum nidor atque fumus, Cic. Pis. 6, 13: foedus quidam nidor ex adustā plumā, Liv. 38, 7; Plin. 13, 1, 1, § 2: captus nidore culinae, Juv. 5, 162: nidor e culinā, said of a slave who hangs constantly about the kitchen, a fume of the kitchen, kitchen-companion, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 5.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *knīdōs or *kneidōs, an abstract noun in *-ōs (> Latin -or) from a root *kneyd- (“to scratch”), or alternatively *kniHd-. Potential cognates include Ancient Greek κνῑ́ση (knī́sē, “smell of roasting fat”) (Homeric), κνῖσα (knîsa) (Attic), κνίζω (knízō, “to scratch”), κνῑ́δη (knī́dē, “nettle”), Icelandic hniss n (“strong smell (from cooking)”). For the semantic development, Beekes compares the difference in meaning between English stink and Gothic stigqan (“to clash”).

Descendants
  • Englishnidor
  • Italiannidore
  • Portuguesenidor

In English words that came into English from nīdor

  • nidornīdor

Quick answers

What does nīdor mean in Latin?
nīdor, a noun, means “the steam or smell from roasting, burning or boiling (especially animals)”.
What is the genitive of nīdor?
The genitive singular is nīdōris. nīdor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce nīdor?
In classical Latin, [ˈniː.dɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈniː.dor].