Niliacus

Latin

Etymology

From Nīlus (“the Nile”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /niːˈli.a.kus/, [niːˈlʲiäkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /niˈli.a.kus/, [niˈliːäkus]

Adjective

Nīliacus (feminine Nīliaca, neuter Nīliacum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Nilotic; belonging to the Nile
2. (by extension) Egyptian

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Nīliacus	Nīliaca	Nīliacum		Nīliacī	Nīliacae	Nīliaca
genitive	Nīliacī	Nīliacae	Nīliacī		Nīliacōrum	Nīliacārum	Nīliacōrum
dative	Nīliacō	Nīliacae	Nīliacō		Nīliacīs
accusative	Nīliacum	Nīliacam	Nīliacum		Nīliacōs	Nīliacās	Nīliaca
ablative	Nīliacō	Nīliacā	Nīliacō		Nīliacīs
vocative	Nīliace	Nīliaca	Nīliacum		Nīliacī	Nīliacae	Nīliaca

Synonyms

• Nīlōticus
• Nīlōtis

References

• “Niliacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Niliacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Niliacus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.