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                    "reference": "Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary",
                    "source": "https:\/\/www.perseus.tufts.edu\/hopper\/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059",
                    "description": "Nīlus | Nī-lĭăcus, a, um | Nīlĭcŏla, ae | Nīlĭgĕna, ae | Nīlōtĭcus, a, um | Nīlō-tis, ĭdis (noun M.m.f) : Νεῖλος.\n* Transf., a canal, conduit, aqueduct: piscina et nilus,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 7: ductus vero aquarum, quos isti nilos et euripos vocant,id. Leg. 2, 1, 2.—Hence\n* Adj., of or belonging to the Nile: fontes,Luc. 10, 192: gurges,id. 9, 1023: fera,the crocodile,Mart. 5, 65, 14; cf. crocodilus,id. 3, 93, 7: holus,the colocasia,id. 13, 57, 1.\n* Transf., Egyptian: Niliacis carmina lusa modis,Ov. A. A. 3, 318: amor, an Egyptian amour, i. e. with Cleopatra, Luc. 10, 80: tyrannus,id. 8, 281: plebs,Juv. 1, 26: pecus,i. e. Apis,Stat. Th. 3, 478: juvenca, Io or Isis. Mart. 8, 81, 2: lens,id. 13, 9, 1.\n* A dweller on the Nile, an Egyptian, Prud. ap. Symm. 2, 439.\n* Comm., one born on the banks of the Nile, an Egyptian, Macr. S. 1, 16, 37: Niligenūm deūm, v. l. Verg. A. 8, 698 (cf. Lachm. ap. Lucr. 5, 440).\n* Adj., of the Nile: Nilotica tellus,Mart. 6, 80, 1: rura,Luc. 9, 130: aqua,Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 11.\n* Adj., of or from the Nile, Egyptian: Nilotis acus,Luc. 10, 142: tunica,Mart. 10, 6, 7: aqua,Sid. Ep. 8, 12."
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                    "description": "Male Personal name\nConfirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:\n<ul>\n<li>Septimius Nilus (Masc), ref: VII 585 | <a href='https:\/\/pir.bbaw.de\/id\/12195'>PIR ID12195<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>"
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