LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

nū̆diū̆stertiānus

nū̆diū̆stertiānus (feminine nū̆diū̆stertiāna, neuter nū̆diū̆stertiānum)
Classical[nʊ.di.ʊs.tɛr.tiˈaː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[nu.di.us.ter.t͡siˈaː.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivetaking place the day before yesterday
    misi tamen tibi hodiernam γνώμην et nudiustertianum locum communem.Even so, I sent you today's maxim and the day before yesterday's commonplace.Fronto, Epistulae ad M. Caesarem.5.74.1

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenū̆diū̆stertiānusnū̆diū̆stertiānanū̆diū̆stertiānum
genitivenū̆diū̆stertiānīnū̆diū̆stertiānaenū̆diū̆stertiānī
dativenū̆diū̆stertiānōnū̆diū̆stertiānaenū̆diū̆stertiānō
accusativenū̆diū̆stertiānumnū̆diū̆stertiānamnū̆diū̆stertiānum
ablativenū̆diū̆stertiānōnū̆diū̆stertiānānū̆diū̆stertiānō
vocativenū̆diū̆stertiānenū̆diū̆stertiānanū̆diū̆stertiānum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenū̆diū̆stertiānīnū̆diū̆stertiānaenū̆diū̆stertiāna
genitivenū̆diū̆stertiānōrumnū̆diū̆stertiānārumnū̆diū̆stertiānōrum
dativenū̆diū̆stertiānīsnū̆diū̆stertiānīsnū̆diū̆stertiānīs
accusativenū̆diū̆stertiānōsnū̆diū̆stertiānāsnū̆diū̆stertiāna
ablativenū̆diū̆stertiānīsnū̆diū̆stertiānīsnū̆diū̆stertiānīs
vocativenū̆diū̆stertiānīnū̆diū̆stertiānaenū̆diū̆stertiāna

nŭdĭustertĭānus, a, um, adj. nudius-tertianus,
I. made three days ago, or the day before yesterday, M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 59 Mai.; cf.: nudius tertianus, τριθημερινός, Gloss. Philox.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin nū̆diū̆stertiānus From nudius tertius (“the day before yesterday”) + -ānus.

Borrowings
  • Englishnudiustertian
Italo-Romance
  • Siciliannustierzignu

Quick answers

What does nū̆diū̆stertiānus mean in Latin?
nū̆diū̆stertiānus, a adjective, means “taking place the day before yesterday”.
How do you pronounce nū̆diū̆stertiānus?
In classical Latin, [nʊ.di.ʊs.tɛr.tiˈaː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [nu.di.us.ter.t͡siˈaː.nus].