Nilotis
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Νειλῶτις (Neilôtis), feminine of Νειλώτης (Neilṓtēs).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /niːˈloː.tis/, [niːˈɫ̪oːt̪ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /niˈlo.tis/, [niˈlɔːt̪is]
Adjective[edit]
Nīlōtis (genitive Nīlōtidis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- (rare) Nilotic; belonging to the Nile
- Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia 10.142:
- candida Sidonio perlucent pectora filo, / quod Nilotis acus conpressum pectine Serum / soluit et extenso laxauit stamina uelo.
Declension[edit]
Only used in the feminine, only attested in the nominative singular Nīlōtis and ablative singular Nilotide in Classical Latin. From the root Nilotid-, the genitive singular can be inferred to be *Nīlōtidis (attested postclassically in Sidonius Apollinaris), the dative singular *Nīlōtidī; the accusative singular would be *Nīlōtida if inflected as in Greek and *Nīlōtidem if Latinized.
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- “Nīlus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Nīlōtis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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