Hellas Alive Dictionary - νυμφαιος

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νυμφαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νυμφαῖος νυμφαῖη νυμφαῖον

Structure: νυμφαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: nu/mfh

Sense

of or sacred to the nymphs

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	νυμφαῖος	νυμφαίᾱ	νυμφαῖον
	Genitive	νυμφαίου	νυμφαίᾱς	νυμφαίου
	Dative	νυμφαίῳ	νυμφαίᾱͅ	νυμφαίῳ
	Accusative	νυμφαῖον	νυμφαίᾱν	νυμφαῖον
	Vocative	νυμφαῖε	νυμφαίᾱ	νυμφαῖον
Dual	N/A/V	νυμφαίω	νυμφαίᾱ	νυμφαίω
Dual	G/D	νυμφαίοιν	νυμφαίαιν	νυμφαίοιν
Plural	Nominative	νυμφαῖοι	νυμφαῖαι	νυμφαῖα
	Genitive	νυμφαίων	νυμφαιῶν	νυμφαίων
	Dative	νυμφαίοις	νυμφαίαις	νυμφαίοις
	Accusative	νυμφαίους	νυμφαίᾱς	νυμφαῖα
	Vocative	νυμφαῖοι	νυμφαῖαι	νυμφαῖα

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	νυμφαῖος νυμφαίου	νυμφαιώτερος νυμφαιωτέρου	νυμφαιώτατος νυμφαιωτάτου
Adverb	νυμφαίως	νυμφαιώτερον	νυμφαιώτατα

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

ἐνθένδε ἐσ τὸ Ποσείδειον τεσσαράκοντα, καὶ ἔνθεν ἐσ Τυνδαρίδασ πέντε καὶ τεσσαράκοντα, πέντε δὲ καὶ δέκα ἐνθένδε ἐπὶ τὸ Νυμφαῖον. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 13 6:1)
καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Νυμφαίου ἐπὶ τὸν Ὀξίναν ποταμὸν τριάκοντα. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 13 7:1)
σχολὴν μὲν οὖν αὐτοῖσ καὶ διατριβὴν τὸ περὶ Μίεζαν Νυμφαῖον ἀπέδειξεν, ὅπου μέχρι νῦν Ἀριστοτέλουσ ἕδρασ τε λιθίνασ καὶ ὑποσκίουσ περιπάτουσ δεικνύουσιν. (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 7 3:1)
Μήλιοι γῆσ χρῄζοντεσ ἀμφιλαφοῦσ Νυμφαῖον ἡγεμόνα τῆσ ἀποικίασ ἐποιήσαντο, νέον ἄνδρα καὶ κάλλει διαφέροντα· (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 1)
ἔτυχε δὲ Καρίνη παρθένοσ ἐρῶσα τοῦ Νυμφαίου καὶ λανθάνουσα τοὺσ ἄλλουσ· (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 1:2)
ὡσ οὖν ἧκον οἱ Κρυασσεῖσ καλοῦντεσ αὐτούσ, οὐκ ἔφη νόμον ὁ Νυμφαῖοσ Ἕλλησιν εἶναι βαδίζειν ἐπὶ δεῖπνον ἄνευ γυναικῶν ἀκούσαντεσ δὲ οἱ Κᾶρεσ ἐκέλευον ἄγειν καὶ τὰσ γυναῖκασ. (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 1:5)
ὡσ οὖν ἧκον οἱ Κρυασσεῖσ καλοῦντεσ αὐτούσ, οὐκ ἔφη νόμον ὁ Νυμφαῖοσ Ἕλλησιν εἶναι βαδίζειν ἐπὶ δεῖπνον ἄνευ γυναικῶν· (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 4:3)

Synonyms

of or sacred to the nymphs
- νυμφογενής (nymph-born)

νύμφαιον (a temple of the nymphs)
Λητῷος (of or born from Leto)
πύρριχος (red)
Εἰλήθυια ()
Δίκτυννα (goddess of the chase)
βᾶρις (a flat-bottomed boat)
Ναυπλία (Nauplia)
Πανεῖον (a temple of Pan)
Ἀχίλλειος (of Achilles)
πειρατήριον (ordeal)
ἀμφίκλυστος (washed on both sides by the waves)
Στύμφαλος ()
Κωρύκιος (Corycian)
παραρρέω (to flow beside or past)
πρόσορμος (a landing-place)
ἄορνος (without birds)
ὑπέρβασις (transgression)
εὐάμπελος (with fine vines)
εὐλίμενος (with good harbours)
ἀγριέλαιος (of a wild olive)
μεγαλόδενδρος (full of large trees)
πολύδενδρος (with many trees)
ταυροπόλος (worshipped at Tauris)
οἴκησις (the act of dwelling or inhabiting)
ἐπίσκιος (shaded)
βασιλίς (a queen)
τετράπολις (of or with four cities)
περίκρημνος (steep all round)
ἀντίπορθμος (over the straits)
αὖλις (a place for passing the night in)

Similar forms

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

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