Nāĭăs
Nāĭăs, ădis, and more freq. Nāĭs, ĭdis and ĭdos (plur. ĭdas), f., = Ναϊάς and Ναἱς (floating, swimming, that is in the water), a water-nymph, Naiad: illum fontana petebant Numina, Naïades, Ov. M. 14, 328: Aegle Naïadum pulcherrima, Verg. E. 6, 21: Naïs Amalthēa, Ov. F. 5, 115.—Poet. of mixing wine with water: Naïda Bacchus amat, Tib. 3, 6, 57.—Adj.: puellae Naïdes, Verg. E. 10, 10.— Transf., in gen., a nymph (Hamadryad, Nereid): Naïda vulneribus succidit in arbore factis, Ov. F. 4, 231: inter Hamadryadas celeberrima Naias, id. M. 1, 691: Naïdes aequoreae, id. ib. 14, 557.— The surname probably of a freedwoman: Servilia Naïs, Suet. Ner. 3.— Hence, Nāĭcus, a, um, adj., of the Naids, proceeding from the Naids: dona, Prop. 2, 32, 40.— As subst.: Nāĭcus, i, m., a Roman surname, Inscr. Grut. 241, col. 2.— In fem.: † Nāĭcē, Inscr. Fabr. p. 650, n. 433.
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Headword (normalized):
nāĭăs
Headword (normalized/stripped):
naias
Intro Text:
Nāĭăs, ădis, and more freq. Nāĭs, ĭdis and ĭdos (plur. ĭdas), f., = Ναϊάς and Ναἱς (floating, swimming, that is in the water), a water-nymph, Naiad: illum fontana petebant Numina, Naïades, Ov. M. 14, 328: Aegle Naïadum pulcherrima, Verg. E. 6, 21: Naïs Amalthēa, Ov. F. 5, 115.—Poet. of mixing wine with water: Naïda Bacchus amat, Tib. 3, 6, 57.—Adj.: puellae Naïdes, Verg. E. 10, 10.— Transf., in gen., a nymph (Hamadryad, Nereid): Naïda vulneribus succidit in arbore factis, Ov. F. 4, 231: inter Hamadryadas celeberrima Naias, id. M. 1, 691: Naïdes aequoreae, id. ib. 14, 557.— The surname probably of a freedwoman: Servilia Naïs, Suet. Ner. 3.— Hence, Nāĭcus, a, um, adj., of the Naids, proceeding from the Naids: dona, Prop. 2, 32, 40.— As subst.: Nāĭcus, i, m., a Roman surname, Inscr. Grut. 241, col. 2.— In fem.: † Nāĭcē, Inscr. Fabr. p. 650, n. 433.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n30348
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