noun · femininethird declension
nix
nix f (genitive nivis)
Classical[ˈnɪks]Ecclesiastical[ˈniks]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- femininesnow
Fontis habēs īnstar pluviamque nivēsque solūtās,
For a source you have the rain and the melting snows, riches which lazy winter administers to you.16 BCE, Ovidius, Amores 3.6.92–93 - femininefigurativelywhite hair
Importūnus enim trānsvolat āridās quercūs et refugit tē, quia lūridī dentēs tē, quia rūgae
For he flies, importune, past the dry oaks and avoids you, because the yellowed teeth, because the wrinkes and the white hair make you ugly.23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horatius, Carmina 5.13.9–12 - femininesynonym of cadmia, zinc oxide
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quae hieme alba dē caelō cadit; puerī nive lūdunt.nix nivis f — in Mille Verba, Caelum et Tempestātēs
aqua caelī alba et frīgidanix, nivis (f) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 5
aqua caelī gelida et albanix, nivis (f) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 15, 26
aqua caelestis alba et gelidanix, nivis (f) — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 14
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nix | nivēs |
| genitive | nivis | nivium |
| dative | nivī | nivibus |
| accusative | nivem | nivēs nivīs |
| ablative | nive | nivibus |
| vocative | nix | nivēs |
nix, nĭvis, f. cf. Gr. νίφα (acc.), snow; Lat. ningit, ninguit,
I. snow.
I. Lit.:
Anaxagoras nivem nigram dixit esse, Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 72: pars terrarum obriguit nive pruināque, id. N. D. 1, 10, 24: miles nivibus pruinisque obrutus, Liv. 5, 2; Lact. 3, 24, 1: opposuit natura Alpemque nivemque, Juv. 10, 152: duratae solo nives, Hor. C. 3, 24, 39; 4, 12, 4: alta, Verg. G. 1, 310: nives solutae, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 93: horrifera, Val. Fl. 6, 306; Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 234.—II. Transf., white color, whiteness:
capitis nives, i. e. white hair, Hor. C. 4, 13, 12; Prud. praef. Cath. 25 (dura translatio, Quint. 8, 6, 17): eboris, App. de Mundo, p. 69, 21.—B. Plur.: nives, snows, i. e. a cold climate, Prop. 1, 8, 8.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
nix nivis, f
NIGV-, snow : nigra: Liger ex nivibus creverat, Cs.: miles nivibus obrutus, L.: duratae solo nives, H.: Alpinas nives vides, V.: capitis nives, hoary hair , H.: nives, i. e. a cold climate , Pr.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *sniks (with oblique stem *sniɣʷ- > niv-), from Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs (“snow”), root noun derived from *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”) (whence also Latin nivit, ningit, ninguit). Direct cognates include Ancient Greek νίψ (níps), Old Irish snechtae, and indirectly also Sanskrit स्नेह (snéha), Old Church Slavonic снѣгъ (sněgŭ), and Old English snāw and snīwan (> English snow and English snew).
Balkano-Romance
- Romanianneauă
- Romaniannea
- Aromanianneauã
- Aromaniananeauã
- Aromanianneao
- Aromanianniau
- Istro-Romanianne
- Megleno-Romanianneauă
Insular Romance
- Sardiniannibe
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianneve
- Dalmatiannai
- Istriotnìo
- Neapolitanneve
- Neapolitanneva
- Siciliannivi
- Venetanneve
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friuliannêf
- Friuliannêv
- Friuliangnu
- Ladinnëif
- Ladinnei
- Romanshnaiv
- Romanshnev
- Romanshneif
Gallo-Italic
- Emiliannaiv
- Emilianneiv
- Emilianneva
- Emilianneiva
- Emiliannev
- Lombardnef
- Lombardnif
- Lombardnöu
- Lombardneif
- Lombardnev
Gallo-Romance
- Franco-Provençalnê
- Franco-Provençalneu
- Franco-Provençalnei
- Franco-Provençalneif
- Normannêfrom Old French neif
- Normannoiffrom Old French neif
Vulgar Latin
- unknown*nĕvem
- unknown*nivāre
- unknown*nevāre
- unknown*nivicāre
Borrowings
- TranslingualNiviventer