Nīlus, i, m., = Νεῖλος.
1 The river Nile, celebrated for its annual overflow , Lucr. 6, 712 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; id. Rep. 6, 18, 19; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2; Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 51; 18, 8, 47, § 167; Vitr. 8, 2, 6; Mart. Cap. 6, § 676; Luc. 10, 199 et saep.—It flows through seven mouths into the sea, Juv. 13, 26; cf. Ov. M. 5, 187; 1, 422.—
2 Also personified, the god of the Nile, Nilus, father of the Egyptian Hercules , Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. id. ib. 3, 23, 58 sq.—
B Transf., a canal, conduit, aqueduct : piscina et nilus, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 7: ductus vero aquarum, quos isti nilos et euripos vocant, id. Leg. 2, 1, 2.—Hence,
II Nī-lĭăcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Nile : fontes, Luc. 10, 192: gurges, id. 9, 1023: fera, the crocodile , Mart. 5, 65, 14; cf. crocodilus, id. 3, 93, 7: holus, the colocasia , id. 13, 57, 1.—
2 Transf., Egyptian : Niliacis carmina lusa modis, Ov. A. A. 3, 318: amor, an Egyptian amour , i. e. with Cleopatra , Luc. 10, 80: tyrannus, id. 8, 281: plebs, Juv. 1, 26: pecus, i. e. Apis , Stat. Th. 3, 478: juvenca, Io or Isis. Mart. 8, 81, 2: lens, id. 13, 9, 1.—
B Nīlĭcŏla , ae, m., a dweller on the Nile, an Egyptian , Prud. ap. Symm. 2, 439.—
C Nīlĭgĕna , ae, comm., one born on the banks of the Nile, an Egyptian , Macr. S. 1, 16, 37: Niligenūm deūm, v. l. Verg. A. 8, 698 (cf. Lachm. ap. Lucr. 5, 440). —
D Nīlōtĭcus , a, um, adj., of the Nile : Nilotica tellus, Mart. 6, 80, 1: rura, Luc. 9, 130: aqua, Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 11.—
E Nīlō-tis , ĭdis, f. adj., of or from the Nile, Egyptian : Nilotis acus, Luc. 10, 142: tunica, Mart. 10, 6, 7: aqua, Sid. Ep. 8, 12.