Nicias

See also: nicias and ñicias

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νῑκῐ́ᾱς (Nīkíās).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈniː.ki.aːs/, [ˈniːkiäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.t͡ʃi.as/, [ˈniːt͡ʃiäs]

Proper noun

Nīciās m sg (genitive Nīciae); first declension

1. A celebrated Athenian general and statesman

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Nīciās
genitive	Nīciae
dative	Nīciae
accusative	Nīciān
ablative	Nīciā
vocative	Nīciā

References

• “Nicias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Nicias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.