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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>nīdus</b>: i, m. [[kindred]] [[with]] Sanscr. nīda and the Germ. and Engl. [[nest]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[nest]].<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[young]] birds in a [[nest]] ([[poet]].): nidi loquaces, Verg. A. 12, 475; id. G. 4, 17: nidi queruli, Sen. Herc. Fur. 148.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[three]] children at a [[birth]]: [[loquax]], Juv. 5, 143.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[litter]] of pigs in a [[sty]], Col. 7, 9, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[receptacle]], [[case]], for books or [[goods]], Mart. 1, 118, 15; 7, 17, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> A [[vessel]] in the [[shape]] of a [[nest]], a [[bowl]], [[goblet]]: [[nidus]] [[potilis]], Varr. ap. Non. 145, 3 (Sat. Men. 77, 8).
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>nīdus</b>,¹¹ ī, m., nid d’oiseau : Cic. de Or. 2, 23 ; Hor. O. 4, 12, 5 ; Ov. M. 8, 257 ; Plin. 10, 92 || [poét.] les jeunes oiseaux dans leur nid, nichée : Virg. En. 12, 475 || portée de petits cochons : Col. Rust. 7, 9, 13 || [fig.] case, rayon [de bibliothèque] : Mart. 1, 117, 15 || ustensile, timbale en forme de nid : [[Varro]] Men. 442.
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