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Nȳsa (Nyssa ), ae, f., = Νῦσα,
I.the name of several cities.
A. A city in Caria, on the slope of Mount Messogis, the modern Nasli or Sultan-hissar, Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 108. —
B. A city in Palestine, the modern El Baisan, Plin. 5, 18, 16, § 74.—
C. A city in India, on Mount Meros, the birthplace of Bacchus, Verg. A. 6, 805; Mel. 3, 7; Plin. 6, 21, 23, § 79; Curt. 8, 10; cf. Just. 12, 7, 6; cf.: celso Nysae de vertice.—
II. Hence,
A. Ny-saeus , a, um, adj.
1. Of or belonging to Nysa in Caria.—Nysaei , ōrum, m., the Nysæans, Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1.—
2. Of or belonging to Nysa, in India; poet. for Bacchic: “chori,” Prop. 3, 15 (4, 16), 22: “palmes,” Sil. 7, 198: “Hydaspes,” Luc. 8, 227: “cacumina Gauri,” Sil. 12, 160.—
B. Nȳsēis , ĭdis, adj. f., Nysæan, i. e. Bacchic: “Nymphae Nyseides,” who reared Bacchus, Ov. F. 3, 769.—
C. Nȳsēĭus , a, um, adj., Nysæan, i.e. Bacchic: “juga Nyseia,” Luc. 8, 801.—
D. Nȳseus (dissyl. ), ĕi and ĕos, m., an epithet of Bacchus, Ov. M. 4, 13.—
E. Nȳsĭ-ăcus , a, um, adj., Nysæan, i. e. Bacchic, Mart. Cap. 2, § 98.—
F. Nȳsĭas , ădis, adj. f., Nysæan: “Nysiades Nymphae,” Ov. F. 3, 769. —
G. Nȳsĭgĕna , ae, m., born in Nysa: “cum Nysigenis Silenis,” Cat. 64, 252.—
H. Nȳsĭus , a, um, adj., Nysian: “quam (hederam) quidam Nysiam, alii Bacchicam vocant,” Plin. 16, 34, 62, § 147; also, an epithet of Bacchus: “Nysius et Semeleius Liber,” Arn. 5, 176; Cic. Fl. 25, 60.
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 (8):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 13.64.1
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4.13
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.805
    • Lucan, Civil War, 8.801
    • Lucan, Civil War, 8.227
    • Sextus Propertius, Elegies, 3.15
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 8.10
    • Ovid, Fasti, 3
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