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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νικηφόριος (Nikēphórios).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nīcēphorius m sg (genitive Nīcēphoriī or Nīcēphorī); second declension
- An affluent of the Tigris, which washed the walls of Tigranocerta
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- Nicephorius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Nicephorius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly