neptis (noun F.comm) : f. (like nepos, orig. comm.; as
* Masc., still found in an inscr.: C. COELIO VERO NEPTI,Inscr. Murat. 692, 2; cf. nepos as fem. in class. Lat. exclusively) [1. nepos], a granddaughter: filii, filiae, nepotes, neptes,Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85: neptes Licinias,id. Brut. 58, 211: vestis ab uxore et filiā, neptibusque confecta,Suet. Aug. 73; 31: neptis Veneris,i. e. Ino,Ov. M. 4, 530: doctas Cybeleia, neptes vidit,i. e. the Muses,id. F. 4, 191; Juv. 6, 265.—Acc.: neptim,Curt. 6, 2, 7.—Abl.: nepti,Tac. A. 3, 24.—Gen. plur.: neptium,Just. Inst. 3, 1, 15 Krüg.—Also, a niece, Spart. Hadr. 2; cf. 1, nepos init.