Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νυμφαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νυμφαῖος νυμφαῖη νυμφαῖον

Structure: νυμφαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: nu/mfh

Sense

  1. of or sacred to the nymphs

Examples

  • λιβάδα νυμφαίαν δροσώδη; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 70 4:8)

Synonyms

  1. of or sacred to 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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