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Latin
Etymology
From Nīlus (“the Nile”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
Nīliacus (feminine Nīliaca, neuter Nīliacum); first/second-declension adjective
- Nilotic; belonging to the Nile
- (by extension) Egyptian
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Synonyms
References
- “Niliacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Niliacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Niliacus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.