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νύμφαιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: νύμφαιον νύμφαιου

Structure: νυμφαι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: nu/mfh

Sense

  1. a temple of the nymphs

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἡ δὲ Καφένη τῷ Νυμφαίῳ γαμηθεῖσα τιμὴν καὶ χάριν ἔσχε ταῖσ εὐεργεσίαισ πρέπουσαν. (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 3:1)
  • ἡ δὲ Καφένη τῷ Νυμφαίῳ γαμηθεῖσα τιμὴν καὶ χάριν ἔσχε ταῖσ εὐεργεσίαισ πρέπουσαν. (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. a temple of the nymphs

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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