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|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1018.jpg}}]]Νῖσος, ὁ.
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Nīsus</b>: i, m., = Νῖσος<br /><b>I</b> A [[king]] of [[Megara]], [[father]] of [[Scylla]], [[who]], in [[order]] to [[gain]] the [[love]] of [[Minos]], [[cut]] [[off]] her [[father]]'s [[purple]] [[hair]], on [[which]] the [[safety]] of his [[kingdom]] depended, whereupon [[Nisus]] [[was]] changed [[into]] a [[sparrow]]-[[hawk]], and [[Scylla]] [[into]] the [[bird]] [[ciris]], Verg. G. 1, 404 sq.; Ov. M. 8, 8 sqq.; v. [[Scylla]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nī-saeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Nisus]], Nisæan: et vos Nisaei, naufraga monstra, [[canes]], i. e. [[Scylla]], the [[daughter]] of [[Phorcus]], Ov. F. 4, 500; cf. id. A. A. 1, 331.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nīsēis, ĭdis, f., the [[daughter]] of [[Nisus]], [[Scylla]] (q. v.), [[confounded]] [[with]] the [[daughter]] of [[Phorcus]]: praeterita [[cautus]] Niseide [[navita]] gaudet, Ov. R. Am. 737.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nī-sēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Nisus]], Nisæan: per [[mare]] caeruleum trahitur Niseia [[virgo]], Verg. Cir. 390; Ov. M. 8, 35.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nīsĭas, ădis, f., Nisæan, i. e. Megarian: Nisiades matres Nisiadesque [[nurus]], of [[Megaris]], in Sicily (a [[colony]] of [[Megara]], in [[Greece]]), Ov. H. 15, 54.—<br /><b>II</b> Son of [[Hyrtacus]] and [[friend]] of [[Euryalus]], Verg. A. 5, 294; 9, 176 sq.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(4) <b>Nīsus</b>,¹¹ ī, m. (Νῖσος), père du cinquième [[Bacchus]] : Cic. Nat. 3, 58 &#124;&#124; roi de Mégare, père de [[Scylla]] changé en épervier : Ov. M. 8, 8 ; Virg. G. 1, 404 &#124;&#124; Troyen, [[ami]] d’[[Euryale]] : Virg. En. 5, 294 ; 9, 176.||roi de Mégare, père de [[Scylla]] changé en épervier : Ov. M. 8, 8 ; Virg. G. 1, 404||Troyen, [[ami]] d’[[Euryale]] : Virg. En. 5, 294 ; 9, 176.
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{{Georges
|georg=(2) Nīsus<sup>2</sup>, ī, m. (Νισος), I) [[König]] in [[Megara]], [[Vater]] der [[Scylla]], die ihres Vaters purpurnes [[Haar]], [[auf]] dem das [[Schicksal]] [[des]] Staates beruhte, abschnitt u. seinem Feinde [[Minos]] gab, [[worauf]] [[Nisus]] in [[einen]] [[Sperber]], [[Scylla]] [[aber]] [[auch]] in [[einen]] [[Raubvogel]] (Ciris) verwandelt wurde, Ov. [[met]]. 8, 8 sqq. Verg. georg. 404 ([[als]] [[Sperber]]). – Dav.: A) Nīsaeus, a, um (Νίσαιος), nisäisch, [[canes]], der [[Scylla]], [[Tochter]] [[des]] Phorkus ([[also]] verwechselt [[mit]] der [[Tochter]] [[des]] [[Nisus]]), Ov. [[fast]]. 4, 500. – B) Nīsias, adis, f. (Νισιάς), nisiadisch, poet. = megarisch, Ov. her. 15, 54. – C) Nīsēis, ēidis, f., die Nisëide ([[Tochter]] [[des]] [[Nisus]]), d.i. [[Scylla]]; [[aber]] [[mit]] der [[Tochter]] [[des]] Phorkus verwechselt, Ov. rem. 737. – D) Nīsēius, a, um, nisëisch, [[virgo]], [[Scylla]], [[des]] [[Nisus]] [[Tochter]], Ov. [[met]]. 8, 35. – II) [[Freund]] [[des]] [[Euryalus]], Verg. Aen. 5, 294.
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