Nicias

See also: nicias and ñicias

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νῑκῐ́ᾱς (Nīkĭ́ās).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nīciās m sg (genitive Nīciae); first declension

  1. A celebrated Athenian general and statesman

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

singular
nominative Nīciās
genitive Nīciae
dative Nīciae
accusative Nīciān
ablative Nīciā
vocative Nīciā

References

  • Nicias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Nicias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.