nilios

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek νείλιος (neílios). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈniː.li.ɔs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.li.os] === Noun === nīlios m (genitive nīliī); second declension A gem of the color of the dark topaz ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (Greek-type). === References === “nilios”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “nilios”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.