Nilus

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnaɪ̯.ləs/ Rhymes: -aɪləs Hyphenation: Ni‧lus === Proper noun === Nilus Obsolete form of Nile. === Anagrams === Linus, Sunil == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈniː.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.lus] Hyphenation: Nī‧lus === Proper noun === Nīlus m sg (genitive Nīlī); second declension the Nile (river) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== === 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 “Nilus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], 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 and Roman 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 == Old English == === Etymology === From Latin Nīlus. === Proper noun === Nilus ? The Nile (a river in Africa). late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans