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νύμφη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: νύμφη νύμφης

Structure: νυμφ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. bride, young wife
  2. young girl
  3. daughter-in-law
  4. nymph
  5. spring, water
  6. bee or wasp in pupa stage
  7. male ant
  8. clitoris

Declension

First declension

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

  • καὶ ἀνέστη αὕτη καὶ αἱ δύο νύμφαι αὐτῆσ καὶ ἀπέστρεψαν ἐξ ἀγροῦ Μωάβ, ὅτι ἤκουσεν ἐν ἀγρῷ Μωὰβ ὅτι ἐπέσκεπται Κύριοσ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ δοῦναι αὐτοῖσ ἄρτουσ, (Septuagint, Liber Ruth 1:6)
  • καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τοῦ τόπου, οὗ ἦν ἐκεῖ, καὶ αἱ δύο νύμφαι αὐτῆσ μετ̓ αὐτῆσ. καὶ ἐπορεύοντο ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι εἰσ τὴν γῆν Ἰούδα. (Septuagint, Liber Ruth 1:7)
  • ἐπὶ τὰσ κορυφὰσ τῶν ὀρέων ἐθυσίαζον καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺσ βουνοὺσ ἔθυον, ὑποκάτω δρυὸσ καὶ λεύκησ καὶ δένδρου συσκιάζοντοσ, ὅτι καλὸν σκέπη. διὰ τοῦτο ἐκπορνεύσουσιν αἱ θυγατέρεσ ὑμῶν, καὶ αἱ νύμφαι ὑμῶν μοιχεύσουσι. (Septuagint, Prophetia Osee 4:13)
  • νύμφαι Τρωιάδεσ, ποταμοῦ Ξάνθοιο γενέθλη, αἳ πλοκάμων κρήδεμνα καὶ ἱερὰ παίγνια χειρῶν πολλάκι πατρῴῃσιν ἐπὶ ψαμάθοισι λιποῦσαι ἐσ χορὸν Ἰδαίῃσιν ἐπεντύνασθε χορείαισ, δεῦτε, θεμιστοπόλοιο νοήματα μηλοβοτῆροσ εἴπατέ μοι, κελάδοντοσ ἀπορνύμεναι ποταμοῖο, ἐξ ὀρέων πόθεν ἦλθεν ἀήθεα πόντον ἐλαύνων ἀγνώσσων ἁλὸσ ἔργα; (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 11)
  • τί φέγγοσ, τίν’ αἴγλαν ἐδίφρευε τόθ’ ἅλιοσ σελάνα τε κατ’ αἰθέρα, λαμπάδ’ ἵν’ ὠκυθόαι νύμφαι, ἱππεύουσι δι’ ὀρφναίασ, ἁνίκα <γάμων> γάμων τῶν ἐμῶν πόλισ Ἄργουσ ἀοιδάσ, εὐδαιμονίασ, ἐπύργωσε καὶ γαμέτα χαλκεοτευχοῦσ, αἰαῖ, Καπανέωσ. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode, strophe 11)

Synonyms

  1. bride

  2. young girl

  3. daughter-in-law

  4. nymph

  5. spring

  6. male ant

  7. clitoris

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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