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<b class="b2">Of Nysa</b>, adj.: Νύσιος.
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Nȳsa</b>: (Nyssa), ae, f., = [[Νῦσα]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[name]] of [[several]] cities.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[city]] in [[Caria]], on the [[slope]] of Mount Messogis, the [[modern]] Nasli or Sultan-hissar, Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 108. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[city]] in [[Palestine]], the [[modern]] El Baisan, Plin. 5, 18, 16, § 74.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[city]] in [[India]], on Mount Meros, the birthplace of [[Bacchus]], Verg. A. 6, 805; Mel. 3, 7; Plin. 6, 21, 23, § 79; Curt. 8, 10; cf. Just. 12, 7, 6; cf.: celso Nysae de vertice.—<br /><b>II</b> Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Ny-saeus, a, um, adj.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of or belonging to [[Nysa]] in [[Caria]].—Nysaei, ōrum, m., the Nysæans, Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of or belonging to [[Nysa]], in [[India]]; [[poet]]. for Bacchic: chori, Prop. 3, 15 (4, 16), 22: [[palmes]], Sil. 7, 198: [[Hydaspes]], Luc. 8, 227: cacumina Gauri, Sil. 12, 160.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Nȳsēis, ĭdis, adj. f., Nysæan, i. e. Bacchic: Nymphae Nyseides, [[who]] reared [[Bacchus]], Ov. F. 3, 769.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Nȳsēĭus, a, um, adj., Nysæan, i.e. Bacchic: juga Nyseia, Luc. 8, 801.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Nȳseus (dissyl.), ĕi and ĕos, m., an epithet of [[Bacchus]], Ov. M. 4, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> Nȳsĭ-ăcus, a, um, adj., Nysæan, i. e. Bacchic, Mart. Cap. 2, § 98.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>F</b> Nȳsĭas, ădis, adj. f., Nysæan: Nysiades Nymphae, Ov. F. 3, 769. —<br /> Nȳsĭgĕna, ae, m., [[born]] in [[Nysa]]: cum Nysigenis Silenis, Cat. 64, 252.—<br /> Nȳsĭus, a, um, adj., Nysian: [[quam]] (hederam) [[quidam]] Nysiam, alii Bacchicam vocant, Plin. 16, 34, 62, § 147; also, an epithet of [[Bacchus]]: Nysius et Semeleius [[Liber]], Arn. 5, 176; Cic. Fl. 25, 60.<br /><b>Nȳsa</b>: ae, f.,<br /><b>I</b> the [[nurse]] of [[Bacchus]]: in monte Nysā, a Nysā nutrice, Serv. ad Verg. E. 6, 15; cf. Plin. 5, 18, 16, § 74; Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>Nȳsa</b>, æ, f., nourrice de [[Bacchus]] : Plin. 5, 108 ; Serv. B. 6, 15 &#124;&#124; [[nymphe]] tuée par [[Bacchus]] : Cic. Nat. 3, 58.<br />(2) <b>Nȳsa</b>¹⁵ <b>(-ssa)</b>, æ, f. ([[Νῦσα]]), montagne et ville de l’Inde consacrées à [[Bacchus]] : Virg. En. 6, 805 ; [[Mela]] 3, 66 ; Plin. 6, 79 ; Curt. 8, 10, 7 &#124;&#124; ville de la Samarie [auj. El Baisan] : Plin. 5, 74 &#124;&#124; <b>-æus</b>, a, um, de [[Nysa]] [dans l’Inde] : Luc. 8, 227 ; de [[Bacchus]] Prop. 3, 15, 22 &#124;&#124; <b>-æī</b>, m. pl., les habitants de [[Nysa]] : Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1.||[[nymphe]] tuée par [[Bacchus]] : Cic. Nat. 3, 58.<br />(2) <b>Nȳsa</b>¹⁵ <b>(-ssa)</b>, æ, f. ([[Νῦσα]]), montagne et ville de l’Inde consacrées à [[Bacchus]] : Virg. En. 6, 805 ; [[Mela]] 3, 66 ; Plin. 6, 79 ; Curt. 8, 10, 7||ville de la Samarie [auj. El Baisan] : Plin. 5, 74||<b>-æus</b>, a, um, de [[Nysa]] [dans l’Inde] : Luc. 8, 227 ; de [[Bacchus]] Prop. 3, 15, 22||<b>-æī</b>, m. pl., les habitants de [[Nysa]] : Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1.
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{{Georges
|georg=Nȳsa, ae, f. ([[Νῦσα]]), I) [[Stadt]] in Karien am Messopis, j. Ruinen [[bei]] [[Sultan]]-Hissar, Plin. 5, 108. – II) [[Stadt]] in Palästina, [[später]] [[Scythopolis]] [[gen]]., j. El-Baisan, Plin. 5, 74. – III) [[Stadt]] in Indien [[bei]] dem gleichnamigen ([[sonst]] [[auch]] [[Meros]] genannten) [[Berge]], [[Erziehungsort]] [[des]] [[Bacchus]], Curt. 8, 10 (35), 7 sqq. [[Mela]] 3, 7, 4 (3. § 66). – Dav.: A) Nȳsaeus, a, um (Νυσαιος), nysäisch, a) eig.: [[Hydaspes]], Lucan. 8, 227. – Plur. subst., Nysaeī, ōrum, m., die [[Einwohner]] [[von]] [[Nysa]] (in Karien), die Nysäer, Cic. ep. 13, 64, 1. – b) poet. [[für]] bacchisch, Prop. u.a. – B) Nȳsēis, ēidis, f. (Νυσηΐς), nysëisch, nymphae, die den [[Bacchus]] [[bei]] [[Nysa]] erzogen, Ov. [[met]]. 3, 314. – C) Nȳsēius, a, um (Νυσήΐος), nysëisch, Lucan. 8, 801. – D) Nȳs<u>eu</u>s, eī, u. [[eos]], m. (Νυσεύς), [[ein]] [[Beiname]] [[des]] [[Bacchus]], Ov. [[met]]. 4, 13. – E) Nȳsiacus, a, um (Νυσιακός), nysisch = bacchisch, Mart. Cap. 2. § 98. – F) Nȳsias, adis, f. (Νυσιάς), nysisch, Ov. [[fast]]. 3, 769. – G) Nȳsigena, ae, m. ([[Nysa]] u. [[gigno]]), in [[Nysa]] geboren, Catull. 64, 252. – H) Nȳsion, iī, n. (Νύσιον), der [[Efeu]], Ps. Apul. [[herb]]. 58. – I) Nȳsius, a, um ([[Νύσιος]]), nysisch, Plin.: [[Beiname]] [[des]] [[Bacchus]], der Nysier, Cic. Flacc. 60. Colum. poët. 10, 248 (wo Vok. Nysie). – K) Nȳsus, ī, m., [[Erzieher]] [[des]] [[Bacchus]], dem er [[während]] [[des]] Zuges [[nach]] Indien die [[Herrschaft]] [[über]] Theben überließ, Hyg. fab. 131 u. 167.
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