Nais
Latin
Alternative forms
- Nāïas
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Ναϊάς (Naïás).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnaː.ɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnaː.is]
Proper noun
Nāis f (genitive Nāidos); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Nāis | Nāides |
| genitive | Nāidos | Nāidum |
| dative | Nāidī | Nāidibus |
| accusative | Nāida | Nāidas |
| ablative | Nāide | Nāidibus |
| vocative | Nāis Nāi1 |
Nāides |
1In poetry.
References
- “Nais”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press