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Definition of Nebris
1. Noun. The skin of a fawn, as worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers, and as worn in his honor by his male followers and female followers (maenads) and other votaries in Ancient Greece. The nebris while originally a fawn skin has been shown as a panther or fox skin in different contexts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nebris
1. a fawn-skin cape [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nebris
Literary usage of Nebris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1860)
"nebris. nebris, Cuv. $ Vol. vp 149. Body oblong; muzzle with the lower jaw
prominent; eye small. Two dorsals, the first with eight feeble spines; ..."
2. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, by John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"... the leopard or panther ; which, as well as the nebris, belonged to Bacchus..
Plate 33. fig. 3. t Vidc Plate 33. fig. 5. ; and supra, p. ..."
3. A Second Series of the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"... but some instances where this is introduced show it to be the leopard or
panther ; which, as well as the nebris, belonged to Bacchus. ..."
4. A Second Series of the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"... but some instances where this is introduced show it to he the leopard or
panther ; which, as well as the nebris, belonged to Bacchus. ..."
5. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1902)
"... and nebris, I must confess that I was a little amused at being chided as to3
strict a stickler for the rigid enforcement of the law of priority, ..."
6. The Bacchae of Euripides by Euripides, John Edwin Sandys (1900)
"The next, whose nebris is hanging loosely over her long chiton and whose hair is
streaming down her back, is dipping a ladle into one of the large vessels ..."
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