Nīcŏlāus, i, m., = Νικόλαος,
a Peripatetic philosopher from Damascus, a friend of Augustus; hence, Nīcolāus , a, um, adj., of Nicolaus : dactyli Nicolai, a kind of dates of a larger size than ordinary , Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 45; Edict. Diocl. p. 18.