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Nī^nus , 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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4.88
    • Tacitus, Annales, 12.13
    • Lucan, Civil War, 3.215
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 6.42
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 3.3.16
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