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|lshtext=<b>Nīlus</b>: i, m., = [[Νεῖλος]] | |lshtext=<b>Nīlus</b>: i, m., = [[Νεῖλος]].<br /> <b>1</b> The [[river]] [[Nile]], [[celebrated]] for its [[annual]] [[overflow]], Lucr. 6, 712 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; id. Rep. 6, 18, 19; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2; Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 51; 18, 8, 47, § 167; Vitr. 8, 2, 6; Mart. Cap. 6, § 676; Luc. 10, 199 et saep.—It flows [[through]] [[seven]] mouths [[into]] the [[sea]], Juv. 13, 26; cf. Ov. M. 5, 187; 1, 422.—<br /> <b>2</b> Also personified, the [[god]] of the [[Nile]], [[Nilus]], [[father]] of the Egyptian [[Hercules]], Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. id. ib. 3, 23, 58 sq.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., a [[canal]], [[conduit]], [[aqueduct]]: [[piscina]] et nilus, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 7: [[ductus]] [[vero]] aquarum, quos [[isti]] nilos et euripos vocant, id. Leg. 2, 1, 2.—Hence,<br /><b>II</b> Nī-lĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the [[Nile]]: fontes, Luc. 10, 192: [[gurges]], id. 9, 1023: [[fera]], the [[crocodile]], Mart. 5, 65, 14; cf. [[crocodilus]], id. 3, 93, 7: [[holus]], the [[colocasia]], id. 13, 57, 1.—<br /> <b>2</b> Transf., Egyptian: Niliacis carmina lusa modis, Ov. A. A. 3, 318: [[amor]], an Egyptian amour, i. e. [[with]] [[Cleopatra]], Luc. 10, 80: [[tyrannus]], id. 8, 281: [[plebs]], Juv. 1, 26: [[pecus]], i. e. [[Apis]], Stat. Th. 3, 478: juvenca, Io or [[Isis]]. Mart. 8, 81, 2: [[lens]], id. 13, 9, 1.—<br /> <b>B</b> Nīlĭcŏla, ae, m., a [[dweller]] on the [[Nile]], an Egyptian, Prud. ap. Symm. 2, 439.—<br /> <b>C</b> Nīlĭgĕna, ae, comm., one [[born]] on the banks of the [[Nile]], an Egyptian, Macr. S. 1, 16, 37: Niligenūm deūm, v. l. Verg. A. 8, 698 (cf. Lachm. ap. Lucr. 5, 440). —<br /> <b>D</b> Nīlōtĭcus, a, um, adj., of the [[Nile]]: Nilotica [[tellus]], Mart. 6, 80, 1: rura, Luc. 9, 130: [[aqua]], Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 11.—<br /> <b>E</b> Nīlō-tis, ĭdis, f. adj., of or from the [[Nile]], Egyptian: [[Nilotis]] [[acus]], Luc. 10, 142: [[tunica]], Mart. 10, 6, 7: [[aqua]], Sid. Ep. 8, 12. | ||
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Nīlus: i, m., = Νεῖλος.
1 The river Nile, celebrated for its annual overflow, Lucr. 6, 712 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; id. Rep. 6, 18, 19; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2; Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 51; 18, 8, 47, § 167; Vitr. 8, 2, 6; Mart. Cap. 6, § 676; Luc. 10, 199 et saep.—It flows through seven mouths into the sea, Juv. 13, 26; cf. Ov. M. 5, 187; 1, 422.—
2 Also personified, the god of the Nile, Nilus, father of the Egyptian Hercules, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. id. ib. 3, 23, 58 sq.—
B Transf., a canal, conduit, aqueduct: piscina et nilus, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 7: ductus vero aquarum, quos isti nilos et euripos vocant, id. Leg. 2, 1, 2.—Hence,
II Nī-lĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Nile: fontes, Luc. 10, 192: gurges, id. 9, 1023: fera, the crocodile, Mart. 5, 65, 14; cf. crocodilus, id. 3, 93, 7: holus, the colocasia, id. 13, 57, 1.—
2 Transf., Egyptian: Niliacis carmina lusa modis, Ov. A. A. 3, 318: amor, an Egyptian amour, i. e. with Cleopatra, Luc. 10, 80: tyrannus, id. 8, 281: plebs, Juv. 1, 26: pecus, i. e. Apis, Stat. Th. 3, 478: juvenca, Io or Isis. Mart. 8, 81, 2: lens, id. 13, 9, 1.—
B Nīlĭcŏla, ae, m., a dweller on the Nile, an Egyptian, Prud. ap. Symm. 2, 439.—
C Nīlĭgĕna, ae, comm., one born on the banks of the Nile, an Egyptian, Macr. S. 1, 16, 37: Niligenūm deūm, v. l. Verg. A. 8, 698 (cf. Lachm. ap. Lucr. 5, 440). —
D Nīlōtĭcus, a, um, adj., of the Nile: Nilotica tellus, Mart. 6, 80, 1: rura, Luc. 9, 130: aqua, Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 11.—
E Nīlō-tis, ĭdis, f. adj., of or from the Nile, Egyptian: Nilotis acus, Luc. 10, 142: tunica, Mart. 10, 6, 7: aqua, Sid. Ep. 8, 12.
