Nī̆nus, i, m., = Νινος,
I the son of Belus, the first king of Assyria, husband of Semiramis, and builder of Nineveh , Just. 1, 1, 7 sq.; Curt. 3, 3, 16: busta Nini, Ov. M. 4, 88. —
II Another name of the city of Nineveh , Plin. 6, 13, 16, § 42; called also Ninos, Tac. A. 12, 13; Luc. 3, 215.—
III Another name of the city of Hierapolis , Amm. 14, 8, 7; 23, 6, 22.