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Latin
Etymology
A generalization of Nīlus (“the Nile”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nīlus m (genitive nīlī); second declension
- (poetic) aqueduct
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- nilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the Nile rushes down from very high mountains: Nilus praecipitat ex altissimis montibus
- “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