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|lshtext=<b>Nāĭăs</b>: ădis, and [[more]] freq. Nāĭs, ĭdis and ĭdos ( | |lshtext=<b>Nāĭăs</b>: ădis, and [[more]] freq. Nāĭs, ĭdis and ĭdos (plur. ĭdas), f., = [[Ναϊάς]]> and Ναἱς (floating, [[swimming]], [[that]] is in the [[water]]),<br /><b>I</b> a [[water]]-[[nymph]], Naiad: illum [[fontana]] petebant Numina, Naïades, Ov. M. 14, 328: [[Aegle]] Naïadum pulcherrima, Verg. E. 6, 21: Naïs Amalthēa, Ov. F. 5, 115.—Poet. of mixing [[wine]] [[with]] [[water]]: Naïda [[Bacchus]] amat, Tib. 3, 6, 57.—Adj.: puellae Naïdes, Verg. E. 10, 10.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., in gen., a [[nymph]] (Hamadryad, [[Nereid]]): Naïda vulneribus succidit in arbore factis, Ov. F. 4, 231: [[inter]] Hamadryadas celeberrima [[Naias]], id. M. 1, 691: Naïdes aequoreae, id. ib. 14, 557.—<br /><b>III</b> The [[surname]] [[probably]] of a [[freedwoman]]: Servilia Naïs, Suet. Ner. 3.— Hence, Nāĭcus, a, um, adj., of the Naids, [[proceeding]] from the Naids: dona, Prop. 2, 32, 40.—<br /> <b>B</b> As subst.: Nāĭcus, i, m., a Roman [[surname]], Inscr. Grut. 241, col. 2.— In fem.: ‡ Nāĭcē, Inscr. Fabr. p. 650, n. 433. | ||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Nāĭăs: ădis, and more freq. Nāĭs, ĭdis and ĭdos (plur. ĭdas), f., = Ναϊάς> and Ναἱς (floating, swimming, that is in the water),
I a water-nymph, Naiad: illum fontana petebant Numina, Naïades, Ov. M. 14, 328: Aegle Naïadum pulcherrima, Verg. E. 6, 21: Naïs Amalthēa, Ov. F. 5, 115.—Poet. of mixing wine with water: Naïda Bacchus amat, Tib. 3, 6, 57.—Adj.: puellae Naïdes, Verg. E. 10, 10.—
II Transf., in gen., a nymph (Hamadryad, Nereid): Naïda vulneribus succidit in arbore factis, Ov. F. 4, 231: inter Hamadryadas celeberrima Naias, id. M. 1, 691: Naïdes aequoreae, id. ib. 14, 557.—
III The surname probably of a freedwoman: Servilia Naïs, Suet. Ner. 3.— Hence, Nāĭcus, a, um, adj., of the Naids, proceeding from the Naids: dona, Prop. 2, 32, 40.—
B As subst.: Nāĭcus, i, m., a Roman surname, Inscr. Grut. 241, col. 2.— In fem.: ‡ Nāĭcē, Inscr. Fabr. p. 650, n. 433.
