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

  • καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Νυμφαίου ἐπὶ τὸν Ὀξίναν ποταμὸν τριάκοντα. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 13 7:1)
  • ἔτυχε δὲ Καρίνη παρθένοσ ἐρῶσα τοῦ Νυμφαίου καὶ λανθάνουσα τοὺσ ἄλλουσ· (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 1:2)
  • ἐρῶσα τοῦ Νυμφαίου καὶ λανθάνουσα τοὺσ ἄλλουσ· (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 3:3)
  • χρησμὸσ τῆσ Πυθίασ ἁγνὸσ πρὸσ τέμενοσ καθαροῦ ξένε, δαίμονοσ ἔρχου ψυχήν, νυμφαίου νάματοσ ἁψάμενοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 711)

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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