adjectivethird-declension feminine-only adjective (non-i-stem)
Nīlōtis
Nīlōtis (feminine Nīlōtis)
Classical[niːˈɫoː.tɪs]Ecclesiastical[niˈlɔː.tis]
Meaning
- rareNilotic; belonging to the Nile
candida Sidonio perlucent pectora filo, / quod Nilotis acus conpressum pectine Serum / solvit et extenso laxavit stamina velo.
61 CE – 65 CE, Lucanus, Pharsalia 10.142Quando eques et picti tunica Nilotide Mauri / Ibitis, et populi vox erit una 'Venit'?
1993 translation by D. R. Shackleton Bailey When shall the cavalry ride and the painted Moors in their tunics of Nile, and one voice of the people be heard: “He comes.”86 CE – 103 CE, Martialis, Epigrammata 10.6.7
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | Nīlōtis | — |
| genitive | — | Nīlōtidis Nīlōtidos | — |
| dative | — | Nīlōtidī | — |
| accusative | — | Nīlōtidem Nīlōtida | — |
| ablative | — | Nīlōtide | — |
| vocative | — | Nīlōtis | — |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | Nīlōtidēs | Nīlōtidia |
| genitive | Nīlōtidium | Nīlōtidum Nīlōtidium | Nīlōtidium |
| dative | — | Nīlōtidibus | — |
| accusative | — | Nīlōtidēs Nīlōtidas | Nīlōtidia |
| ablative | — | Nīlōtidibus | — |
| vocative | — | Nīlōtidēs | Nīlōtidia |
Nīlōtis, ĭdis, v. Nilus, II. E.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νειλῶτις (Neilôtis), feminine of Νειλώτης (Neilṓtēs).