Nais

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Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ναϊάς (Naïás).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nāis f (genitive Nāidos); third declension

  1. a water nymph

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Nāis Nāides
Genitive Nāidos Nāidum
Dative Nāidī Nāidibus
Accusative Nāida Nāidas
Ablative Nāide Nāidibus
Vocative Nāis
Nāi1
Nāides

1In poetry.

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