noun

Nīsus

gen. Nīsi · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

A king of Megara, father of Scylla, who, in order to gain the love of Minos, cut off her father's purple hair, on which the safety of his kingdom depended, whereupon Nisus was changed into a sparrow-hawk, and Scylla into the bird ciris

hence

adj., of; belonging to Nisus, Nisæan •

Nī-saeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nisus, Nisæan: et vos Nisaei, naufraga monstra, canes, i. e. Scylla, the daughter of Phorcus, Ov. F. 4, 500; cf. id. A. A. 1, 331.—

the daughter of Nisus, Scylla •

Nīsēis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Nisus, Scylla (q. v.), confounded with the daughter of Phorcus: praeterita cautus Niseide navita gaudet, Ov. R. Am. 737.—

adj., of; belonging to Nisus, Nisæan

Nī-sēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nisus, Nisæan: per mare caeruleum trahitur Niseia virgo, Verg. Cir. 390; Ov. M. 8, 35.—

Nisæan; Megarian; of Megaris, in Sicily

Nīsĭas, ădis, f., Nisæan, i. e. Megarian: Nisiades matres Nisiadesque nurus, of Megaris, in Sicily (a colony of Megara, in Greece), Ov. H. 15, 54.—

Son of Hyrtacus and friend of Euryalus

Son of Hyrtacus and friend of Euryalus, Verg. A. 5, 294; 9, 176 sq.

Perseus ID: n31013 Key: Nisus3