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Nilus

Nilus

See also: nilus and Nílus

Latin

Proper noun

Nīlus m (genitive Nīlī); second declension

  1. Nile (river)

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular
nominative Nīlus
genitive Nīlī
dative Nīlō
accusative Nīlum
ablative Nīlō
vocative Nīle

Derived terms

References

  • Nilus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Nilus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Nilus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • Nilus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Nilus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • Nilus in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

nilus

nilus

See also: Nilus and Nílus

Latin

Noun

nīlus m (genitive nīlī); second declension

  1. (poetic) aqueduct

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative nīlus nīlī
genitive nīlī nīlōrum
dative nīlō nīlīs
accusative nīlum nīlōs
ablative nīlō nīlīs
vocative nīle nīlī

References

  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nilus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the Nile rushes down from very high mountains: Nilus praecipitat ex altissimis montibus
  • nilus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nilus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • nilus in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly