nitela

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Latin

Etymology

From niteō (shine, sparkle) +‎ -ēla.

Noun

nitēla f (genitive nitēlae); first declension

  1. brightness, splendor

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

  • nitela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nitela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.