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Nysa1

Nysa1 · f

the nurse of Bacchus

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Where it lives

Panegyricus de quarto consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 2.52/10k
Historiae 1 · 2.46/10k
Medea 1 · 1.77/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k
de Natura Deorum 1 · 0.28/10k
Pharsalia 1 · 0.2/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
Thebais 1 · 0.16/10k
Aeneid 1 · 0.16/10k
Historiae Alexandri Magni 1 · 0.13/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. Nȳsa — Lewis & Short

Nȳsa, ae, f.,

I the nurse of Bacchus: in monte Nysā, a Nysā nutrice, Serv. ad Verg. E. 6, 15; cf. Plin. 5, 18, 16, § 74; Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58.

2. Nȳsa — Lewis & Short

Nȳsa (Nyssa), ae, f., = *nu=sa,

I the name of several cities.

A A city in Caria, on the slope of Mount Messogis, the modern Nasli or Sultan-hissar, Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 108. —

B A city in Palestine, the modern El Baisan, Plin. 5, 18, 16, § 74.—

C A city in India, on Mount Meros, the birthplace of Bacchus, Verg. A. 6, 805; Mel. 3, 7; Plin. 6, 21, 23, § 79; Curt. 8, 10; cf. Just. 12, 7, 6; cf.: celso Nysae de vertice.—

II Hence,

A Ny-saeus, a, um, adj.

1 Of or belonging to Nysa in Caria.—Nysaei, ōrum, m., the Nysæans, Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1.—

2 Of or belonging to Nysa, in India; poet. for Bacchic: chori, Prop. 3, 15 (4, 16), 22: palmes, Sil. 7, 198: Hydaspes, Luc. 8, 227: cacumina Gauri, Sil. 12, 160.—

B Nȳsēis, ĭdis, adj. f., Nysæan, i. e. Bacchic: Nymphae Nyseides, who reared Bacchus, Ov. F. 3, 769.—

C Nȳsēĭus, a, um, adj., Nysæan, i.e. Bacchic: juga Nyseia, Luc. 8, 801.—

D Nȳseus (dissyl.), ĕi and ĕos, m., an epithet of Bacchus, Ov. M. 4, 13.—

E Nȳsĭ-ăcus, a, um, adj., Nysæan, i. e. Bacchic, Mart. Cap. 2, § 98.—

F Nȳsĭas, ădis, adj. f., Nysæan: Nysiades Nymphae, Ov. F. 3, 769. —

G Nȳsĭgĕna, ae, m., born in Nysa: cum Nysigenis Silenis, Cat. 64, 252.—

H Nȳsĭus, a, um, adj., Nysian: quam (hederam) quidam Nysiam, alii Bacchicam vocant, Plin. 16, 34, 62, § 147; also, an epithet of Bacchus: Nysius et Semeleius Liber, Arn. 5, 176; Cic. Fl. 25, 60.

In the wild

Nysae Martial, Epigrammata 4.44.3
Nysae Seneca, Medea 1
Nysa Lucan, Pharsalia 1.65
Nysa Claudian, Panegyricus de quarto consulatu Honorii Augusti 1.604
Nysa Statius, Thebais 7.686
Nysa Statius, Silvae 1.2.221

6 of 15 attestations shown.

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