Nȳsa, ae, f.,
the nurse of Bacchus : in monte Nysā, a Nysā nutrice, Serv. ad Verg. E. 6, 15; cf. Plin. 5, 18, 16, § 74; Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58.
NYSA or NYSSA(Νύσαor Νύσσα), is said to have been the name of the place in which the god Dionysus wa...
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