Nisus
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Νῖσος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Nīsus: i, m., = Νῖσος
I 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.—
B Hence,
1 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.—
2 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.—
3 Nī-sēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nisus, Nisæan: per mare caeruleum trahitur Niseia virgo, Verg. Cir. 390; Ov. M. 8, 35.—
4 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.—
II Son of Hyrtacus and friend of Euryalus, Verg. A. 5, 294; 9, 176 sq.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(4) Nīsus,¹¹ ī, m. (Νῖσος), père du cinquième Bacchus : Cic. Nat. 3, 58 || 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.
Latin > German (Georges)
(2) Nīsus2, 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.
