nix (noun F) : cf. Gr. νίφα (acc.), snow; Lat. ningit, ninguit
* Snow.
* Lit.: Anaxagoras nivem nigram dixit esse,Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 72: pars terrarum obriguit nive pruināque,id. N. D. 1, 10, 24: miles nivibus pruinisque obrutus,Liv. 5, 2; Lact. 3, 24, 1: opposuit natura Alpemque nivemque,Juv. 10, 152: duratae solo nives,Hor. C. 3, 24, 39; 4, 12, 4: alta,Verg. G. 1, 310: nives solutae,Ov. Am. 3, 6, 93: horrifera,Val. Fl. 6, 306; Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 234.
* Transf., white color, whiteness: capitis nives,i. e. white hair,Hor. C. 4, 13, 12; Prud. praef. Cath. 25 (dura translatio,Quint. 8, 6, 17): eboris, App. de Mundo, p. 69, 21.
* Plur.: nives, snows, i. e. a cold climate, Prop. 1, 8, 8.