Nilotis

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek Νειλῶτις (Neilôtis), feminine of Νειλώτης (Neilṓtēs).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /niːˈloː.tis/, [niːˈɫ̪oːt̪ɪs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /niˈlo.tis/, [niˈlɔːt̪is]

Adjective edit

Nīlōtis (genitive Nīlōtidis); third-declension one-termination adjective

(rare) Nilotic; belonging to the Nile
- 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 10.6.7:
  Quando eques et picti tunica Nilotide Mauri / Ibitis, et populi vox erit una 'Venit'?
- Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia 10.142:
  candida Sidonio perlucent pectora filo, / quod Nilotis acus conpressum pectine Serum / soluit et extenso laxauit stamina uelo.

Declension edit

Only used in the feminine, only attested in the nominative singular Nīlōtis and ablative singular Nilotide in Classical Latin. From the root Nilotid-, the genitive singular can be inferred to be *Nīlōtidis (attested postclassically in Sidonius Apollinaris), the dative singular *Nīlōtidī; the accusative singular would be *Nīlōtida if inflected as in Greek and *Nīlōtidem if Latinized.

Synonyms edit

References edit

“Nīlus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Nīlōtis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.