Nicias

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νῑκῐ́ᾱς (Nīkĭ́ās). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈniː.ki.aːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.t͡ʃi.as] === Proper noun === Nīciās m sg (genitive Nīciae); first declension A celebrated Athenian general and statesman ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ās), singular only. === References === “Nicias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Nicias”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.