place
The Nile
the Nile
also: Nilus
The river whose yearly inundation made Egypt fertile; Pliny personifies it as the 'father of fruitfulness' whose weak rise caused the dearth.
Reading notes
- Panegyric to Trajan §30 Nile
The river whose summer inundation irrigated Egypt; a weak flood, as in this year, meant drought and famine, which Trajan relieved by shipping grain back.