nilus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
A generalization of Nīlus (“the Nile”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈniː.lus/, [ˈniːɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈni.lus/, [ˈniːlus]
Noun edit
nīlus m (genitive nīlī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | nīlus | nīlī |
Genitive | nīlī | nīlōrum |
Dative | nīlō | nīlīs |
Accusative | nīlum | nīlōs |
Ablative | nīlō | nīlīs |
Vocative | nīle | nīlī |
References edit
- nilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the Nile rushes down from very high mountains: Nilus praecipitat ex altissimis montibus
- 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 and Roman 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