proper noun
Nȳsa
Meaning
- the nurse of Bacchus
Nȳsa, ae, f.,
I. the nurse of Bacchus:
in monte Nysā, a Nysā nutrice, Serv. ad Verg. E. 6, 15; cf. Plin. 5, 18, 16, § 74; Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58.Nȳsa (Nyssa), ae, f., = Νῦσα,
I. the name of several cities.
A. A city in Caria, on the slope of Mount Messogis, the modern Nasli or Sultan-hissar, Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 108. —
B. A city in Palestine, the modern El Baisan, Plin. 5, 18, 16, § 74.—
C. A city in India, on Mount Meros, the birthplace of Bacchus, Verg. A. 6, 805; Mel. 3, 7; Plin. 6, 21, 23, § 79; Curt. 8, 10; cf. Just. 12, 7, 6; cf.: celso Nysae de vertice.—
II. Hence,
A. Ny-saeus, a, um, adj.
2. Of or belonging to Nysa, in India; poet. for Bacchic:
chori, Prop. 3, 15 (4, 16), 22: palmes, Sil. 7, 198: Hydaspes, Luc. 8, 227: cacumina Gauri, Sil. 12, 160.—B. Nȳsēis, ĭdis, adj. f., Nysæan, i. e. Bacchic:
Nymphae Nyseides, who reared Bacchus, Ov. F. 3, 769.—E. Nȳsĭ-ăcus, a, um, adj., Nysæan, i. e. Bacchic, Mart. Cap. 2, § 98.—
F. Nȳsĭas, ădis, adj. f., Nysæan:
Nysiades Nymphae, Ov. F. 3, 769. —H. Nȳsĭus, a, um, adj., Nysian:
quam (hederam) quidam Nysiam, alii Bacchicam vocant, Plin. 16, 34, 62, § 147; also, an epithet of Bacchus: Nysius et Semeleius Liber, Arn. 5, 176; Cic. Fl. 25, 60.In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
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