hesternus
ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη → trying to run before you can walk, the potter's art starting on a big jar
Latin > English
hesternus hesterna, hesternum ADJ :: of yesterday
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
hesternus: a, um, adj. hes, whence heri, analog. with hodiernus,
I of yesterday, yesterday's: disputatio hesterni et hodierni diei, Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 81; cf.: hesterno die, id. N. D. 2, 29, 73: hesterno sermone, id. Rep. 3, 12 fin.: die, id. Cat. 2, 3, 6: nocte Ov. H. 19, 72: sermone, Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18: disputatione, id. Tusc. 2, 4, 10: panis, Cels. 1, 3: reliquiae, of yesterday, Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 25: jus, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 17: cena, Plin. Pan. 6, 3, 3; Juv. 9, 44: minutal, id. 14, 129: fercula, Hor. S. 2, 6, 105: vitia, id. ib. 2, 2, 78: ex potatione, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 66; cf.: Iaccho (i. e. vino), Verg. E. 6, 15: mero, Just. 24, 8: corollae, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 59: crines, i. e. not yet arranged, id. 1, 15, 5; so, coma, Ov. A. A. 3, 154: Lar, to whom sacrifice was made yesterday, Verg. A. 8, 542 Serv.: ignes suscitat, Ov. M. 8, 643.—Facete: Quirites, Romans of yesterday, i. e. slaves recently made free, Pers. 3, 106.—Absol.: hesternorum immemores, acta pueritiae recordari, Quint. 11, 2, 6.—In the abl. adverb., hesterno (sc. die), yesterday, Sisenn. ap. Charis. p. 180 P.; Aus. Epigr. 74, 1; Sulpic. Sev. Dial. 3, 1, 1; 3, 5, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
hesternus,¹⁰ a, um (cf. heri), d’hier, de la veille : hesternus dies Cic. de Or. 3, 81, la veille ; hesterna disputatio Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, la discussion d’hier ; hesterni crines Prop. 1, 15, 5, cheveux comme ils étaient la veille || pl. n. hesterna, événements de la veille : Quint. 11, 2, 6 || hesterno adv. Sisenna d. Char. 20, 200, hier.
Latin > German (Georges)
hesternus, a, um (vgl. heri für *hesi, analog m. hodiernus), gestrig, von gestern, dies, Cic.: nox, Ov.: convivium, Liv.: cena, Plin. pan.: disputatio, Cic.: panis, von gestern, einen Tag alt, Cels.: merum, gestern getrunken, Iustin.: corolla, von gestern = gestern aufgesetzt, Prop.: Quirites, von gestern, neugebackene (v. kaum erst freigewordenen Sklaven), Pers. – Plur. subst., hesterna, ōrum, n., das Gestrige, die gestrigen Vorfälle usw., hesternorum immemores, Quint. 11, 2, 6. – Dav. hesternō, Adv., am gestrigen Tage, gestern, Sisenn. Miles. fr. bei Charis- 200, 20. Cic. Vat. 3 (codd., aber Müller die hester. no). Auson. epigr. 70 (74), 1. p. 215 Schenkl. Sulpic. Sev. dial. 3, 1, 1; 3, 2, 1; 3, 5, 2: h. vel cras, Cassiod. dial. p. 538, a (ed. Garet).
