Nilus

See also: nilus and Nílus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos).

The river in Luxor

Proper noun

Nīlus m sg (genitive Nīlī); second declension

1. Nile (river)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nīlus
Genitive	Nīlī
Dative	Nīlō
Accusative	Nīlum
Ablative	Nīlō
Vocative	Nīle

Derived terms

• nīlus
• Nīliacus
• Nīlicola
• Nīligena
• Nīlōticus
• Nīlōtis

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^[1], 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