What does "mea aesta" mean in Latin?

Question

A friend of mine calls me "mea aesta" but he won't tell me what it means!

He's a Latin teacher so I'm guessing it's Latin, but I think he may speak several languages.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

"aesta" has several possible meanings. My dictionary gives first "fire, heat", then "the ebb and flow of the tide, or any violent commotion", and finally "a state of hesitation, agitation, or anxiety".

So depending on how friendly he really is, he could mean "My hot one", or "my unpredictable one", or "my disturbing one", or Latin being what it is, a combination of any two or all three.

Answer 2

Sure it's not 'mea aestas'?

That means 'my summer'

Aestus, which does mean heat, fire, etc. is a fourth declension noun, and none of the cases have an 'a' in any of the endings, and it's masculine, so the 'me-' part could not end in 'a' either.

Aestas is a feminine noun, and the 'mea' would be right for it, but the only version that fits would be 'aestas', the nominative singular.

Answer 3

Several possible meanings linked to shine/light/sparkle.

My jewel/ precious/diamond.
or
My sunshine/my sunbeam/light of my life.