Nabis, idis, m., = Νάβις,
a king of Sparta, about 200 B. C., Liv. 29, 12, 14; 31, 25, 3; 34, 24, 6.
†† nabis, is, f., or nabun [Ethiopic], a camelopard , Plin. 8, 18, 27, § 69; Sol. 30. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.