Nilotis

Latin Etymology la grc Νειλῶτις, feminine of grc Νειλώτης. Pronunciation Nīlōtis Adjective Nīlōtis/Nīlōtid<3-def+.idis> la rare Nilotic; belonging to the Nile la Marcus Annaeus Lucanus Pharsalia 10 142 candida Sidonio perlucent pectora filo, / quod Nilotis acus conpressum pectine Serum / solvit et extenso laxavit stamina velo. la Martial Epigrammata 10 6 7 Quando eques et picti tunica Nilotide Mauri / Ibitis, et populi vox erit una 'Venit'? When shall the cavalry ride and the painted Moors in their tunics of Nile, and one voice of the people be heard: “He comes.” D. R. Shackleton Bailey 1993 la Sidonius Apollinaris Epistolae 8 12 et post haec portum Alingonis tam piger calcas, ac si tibi nunc esset ad limitem Danuvinum contra incursaces Massagetas proficiscendum, vel si nunc etiam tuae navi stagna Nilotidis aquae per indigenas formidata crocodillos transfretarentur la Angelo Poliziano Silvae 1494 Alter Alexandri nilotidas abnegat arcesExosus natale solum, tumidamque colossoSolis et irriguam pluvio Rhodon expetit auro. la Faustino Perisauli c. 1480-1490 De triumpho stultitiae Reddiderant olim celebrem Nilotida MemphimArdua Pyramidum moles grandesque colossi,At modo nulla vides operis vestigia tanti Declension Nīlōtis/Nīlōtid<3-def+.idis> Only used in the feminine. Only the nominative singular Nīlōtis and ablative singular Nīlōtide are attested in Classical Latin. Synonyms la Nīliacus la Nīlōticus References Nīlus Nilus Nīlōtis Nilotis la Africa Rivers