Latin

Proper noun

Nīlus m ‎(genitive Nīlī); second declension

1. Nile (river)

Declension

Second declension.

Derived terms

• nīlus
• Nīliacus
• Nīlicola
• Nīligena
• Nīlōticus
• Nīlōtis

References

• Nilus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Nilus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Nilus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
• Nilus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Nilus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Nilus in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Latin

Noun

nīlus m ‎(genitive nīlī); second declension

1. (poetic) aqueduct

Declension

Second declension.

References

• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nilus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the Nile rushes down from very high mountains: Nilus praecipitat ex altissimis montibus
    
• nilus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nilus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• nilus in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly