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

  • Νηρῇδεσ δ’ Εὐβοῖδασ ἄκρασ λιποῦσαι μόχθουσ ἀσπιστὰσ ἀκμόνων Ἡφαίστου χρυσέων ἔφερον τευχέων, ἀνά τε Πήλιον ἀνά τε πρυ‐ μνὰσ Ὄσσασ ἱερᾶσ νάπασ Νυμφαίασ σκοπιὰσ κόρασ μάτευσ’, ἔνθα πατὴρ ἱππότασ τρέφεν Ἑλλάδι φῶσ Θέτιδοσ εἰνάλιον γόνον ταχύπορον πόδ’ Ἀτρείδαισ. (Euripides, choral, antistrophe 11)

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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