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

  • μεστὴ δ’ ἐστὶν ἡ γῆ πᾶσα ἀρτεμισίων τε καὶ ἀφροδισίων καὶ νυμφαίων ἐν ἄλσεσιν ἀνθέων πλέῳσ τὸ πολὺ διὰ τὴν εὐυδρίαν, συχνὰ δὲ καὶ ἑρμεῖα ἐν ταῖσ ὁδοῖσ, ποσείδια δ’ ἐπὶ ταῖσ ἀκταῖσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 8, chapter 3 24:15)

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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