proper noun · femininethird declension
Nāis
Nāis f (genitive Nāidos)
Classical[ˈnaː.ɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈnaː.is]
Meaning
- a water nymph
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
nympha aquārumnāis -idis (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 8
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Nāis | Nāides |
| genitive | Nāidos | Nāidum |
| dative | Nāidī | Nāidibus |
| accusative | Nāida | Nāidas |
| ablative | Nāide | Nāidibus |
| vocative | Nāis Nāi | Nāides |
Nāĭs, idis and ĭdos, v. Naias.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Nāis (once Nāīas, O.), —, plur. Nāides or Naiades, um, f
, Ναϊάς or Ναΐς, a water-nymph, Naiad, O.—Addressed as Muses: puellae Naïdes, V.—A nymph, Hamadryad, Nereid, H., O.
Origins
From the Ancient Greek Ναϊάς (Naïás).