Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νείλιος (neílios).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

nīlios m (genitive nīliī); second declension

  1. A gem of the color of the dark topaz

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nīlios nīliī
Genitive nīliī nīliōrum
Dative nīliō nīliīs
Accusative nīlion nīliōs
Ablative nīliō nīliīs
Vocative nīlie nīliī

References edit

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