Nestor
pronunciation
How to pronounce Nestor in British English:
UK [ˈnestɔ:,-tə]
How to pronounce Nestor in American English:
US [ˈnɛstɚ, -ˌtɔr]
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- Noun:
- (Greek mythology) a wise old counselor to the Greeks at Troy
- a genus of Psittacidae
Word Origin
- Nestor
- name for "old king renowned for wise counsel," 1580s, from Greek, name of the aged and wise hero in the "Iliad," king of Pylus, who outlived three generations. Klein says the name is literally "one who blesses," and is related to nostimos "blessed;" Watkins connects it with the root of the first element in nostalgia.
Example
- 1. What 's nestor paying us ?
- 2. It 's going to take us days to get back with help with nestor .
- 3. Nestor 's not home tomorrow . We don 't dig today , we 're not paid .
- 4. Although the iklaina site boasted a palace during the early mycenaean period , by the time of the tablet , the settlement had been reduced to a satellite of the city of pylos , seat of king nestor , a key player in the iliad .
- 5. Locke 's nestor te : here we get the reverse problem .