Nais

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ναϊάς (Naïás).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.is/, [ˈnäːɪs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.is/, [ˈnäːis]

Proper noun

Nāis f (genitive Nāidos); third declension

a water nymph

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).

Case	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

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