Nilotis
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== Latin ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νειλῶτις (Neilôtis), feminine of Νειλώτης (Neilṓtēs).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [niːˈɫoː.tɪs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [niˈlɔː.tis]
=== Adjective ===
Nīlōtis (feminine Nīlōtis); third-declension feminine-only adjective (non-i-stem)
(rare) Nilotic; belonging to the Nile
==== Declension ====
Third-declension feminine-only adjective (non-i-stem).
Only used in the feminine. Only the nominative singular Nīlōtis and ablative singular Nīlōtide are attested in Classical Latin.
==== Synonyms ====
Nīliacus
Nīlōticus
=== References ===
“Nīlus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Nīlōtis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.