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,
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.—