Naias

Latin > English

Naias Naiados/is N F :: Naiad; water nymph; nymph

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.

Latin > German (Georges)

Nāias, adis, f. u. öfter Nāis, idis u. idos, Akk. Plur. idas, f. (Ναϊάς u. Ναΐς, die Schwimmende), I) die Wasser-, Flußnymphe, Najade, Aegle Naiadum pulcherrima, Verg.: Nais Amalthea, Ov. – attribut., puellae od. sorores Naides, Verg. u. Ov. – poet., das Wasser, Naida Bacchus amat, Tibull. 3, 6, 57. – II) übtr., jede Nymphe (Nerëide, Hamadryade), Ov. met. 1, 691 u.a. – Dav. Nāicus, a, um, von den Najaden ausgehend, der Najaden, Naica dona, Prop. 2, 32, 40. – / Dat. Plur. Naiasin, Catull. 64, 287 nach Haupts evidenter Verbesserung.