nilus

== Latin == === Etymology === A generalization of Nīlus (“the Nile”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈniː.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.lus] === Noun === nīlus m (genitive nīlī); second declension (poetic) aqueduct ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === References === “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