Nilus
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnaɪləs/
Proper noun
Nilus
- Obsolete form of Nile.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:
- As looks the ſun through Nilus flowing ſtream,
Or when the morning holds him in her armes.
So lookes my Lordly loue, faire Tamburlaine: […]
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book VI.] The Iland Taprobane.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 1st tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 129:
- But afterwards, for that the boates and veſſels uſed upon this ſea in the paſſage thither, were made and wound of papyr reeds like thoſe of the river Nilus, […]
Latin
The river in Luxor
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈniː.lus/, [ˈniːɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈni.lus/, [ˈniːlus]
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Nīlus |
| Genitive | Nīlī |
| Dative | Nīlō |
| Accusative | Nīlum |
| Ablative | Nīlō |
| Vocative | Nīle |
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
- Nilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (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 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
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