nix, nĭvis, f. [cf. Gr. νίφα (acc.), snow; Lat. ningit, ninguit], snow.
I Lit.: Anaxagoras nivem nigram dixit esse, Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 23, 72: pars terrarum obriguit nive pruināque, id. N. D. 1, 10, 24: miles nivibus pruinisque obrutus, Liv. 5, 2; Lact. 3, 24, 1: opposuit natura Alpemque nivemque, Juv. 10, 152: duratae solo nives, Hor. C. 3, 24, 39; 4, 12, 4: alta, Verg. G. 1, 310: nives solutae, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 93: horrifera, Val. Fl. 6, 306; Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 234.—
II Transf., white color, whiteness : capitis nives, i. e. white hair , Hor. C. 4, 13, 12; Prud. praef. Cath. 25 (dura translatio, Quint. 8, 6, 17): eboris, App. de Mundo, p. 69, 21.—
B Plur. : nives, snows , i. e. a cold climate , Prop. 1, 8, 8.