Nais

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ναϊάς (Naïás).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.is/, [ˈnäːɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.is/, [ˈnäːis]

Proper noun

Nāis f (genitive Nāidos); third declension

1. a water nymph

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Nāis	Nāides
Genitive	Nāidos	Nāidum
Dative	Nāidī	Nāidibus
Accusative	Nāida	Nāidas
Ablative	Nāide	Nāidibus
Vocative	Nāis Nāi1	Nāides

¹In poetry.

References

• “Nais”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press