noun #2178

Nīlus

gen. Nīli · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

The river Nile, celebrated for its annual overflow

The river Nile, celebrated for its annual overflow, Lucr. 6, 712 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; id. Rep. 6, 18, 19; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2; Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 51; 18, 8, 47, § 167; Vitr. 8, 2, 6; Mart. Cap. 6, § 676; Luc. 10, 199 et saep.—It flows through seven mouths into the sea, Juv. 13, 26; cf. Ov. M. 5, 187; 1, 422.—

the god of the Nile, Nilus, father of the Egyptian Hercules

Also personified, the god of the Nile, Nilus, father of the Egyptian Hercules, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. id. ib. 3, 23, 58 sq.—

a canal, conduit, aqueduct by extension •

Transf., a canal, conduit, aqueduct: piscina et nilus, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 7: ductus vero aquarum, quos isti nilos et euripos vocant, id. Leg. 2, 1, 2.—Hence,

of; belonging to the Nile as adjective ••

Nī-lĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Nile: fontes, Luc. 10, 192: gurges, id. 9, 1023: fera, the crocodile, Mart. 5, 65, 14; cf. crocodilus, id. 3, 93, 7: holus, the colocasia, id. 13, 57, 1.—

Egyptian; an Egyptian amour; with Cleopatra by extension ••

Transf., Egyptian: Niliacis carmina lusa modis, Ov. A. A. 3, 318: amor, an Egyptian amour, i. e. with Cleopatra, Luc. 10, 80: tyrannus, id. 8, 281: plebs, Juv. 1, 26: pecus, i. e. Apis, Stat. Th. 3, 478: juvenca, Io or Isis. Mart. 8, 81, 2: lens, id. 13, 9, 1.—

a dweller on the Nile, an Egyptian

Nīlĭcŏla, ae, m., a dweller on the Nile, an Egyptian, Prud. ap. Symm. 2, 439.—

comm., one born on the banks of the Nile, an Egyptian

Nīlĭgĕna, ae, comm., one born on the banks of the Nile, an Egyptian, Macr. S. 1, 16, 37: Niligenūm deūm, v. l. Verg. A. 8, 698 (cf. Lachm. ap. Lucr. 5, 440). —

of the Nile as adjective •

Nīlōtĭcus, a, um, adj., of the Nile: Nilotica tellus, Mart. 6, 80, 1: rura, Luc. 9, 130: aqua, Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 11.—

of; from the Nile, Egyptian as adjective •

Nīlō-tis, ĭdis, f. adj., of or from the Nile, Egyptian: Nilotis acus, Luc. 10, 142: tunica, Mart. 10, 6, 7: aqua, Sid. Ep. 8, 12.

Perseus ID: n30971 Key: Nilus