Nilus

See also: nilus and Nílus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos).

The river in Luxor

Proper noun

Nīlus m (genitive Nīlī); second declension

  1. Nile (river)

Declension

Second declension.

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

Derived terms

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 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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