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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 εἶπε Νωεμὶν ταῖσ δυσὶ νύμφαισ αὐτῆσ. πορεύεσθαι δή, ἀποστράφητε ἑκάστη εἰσ οἶκον μητρὸσ αὐτῆσ. ποιήσαι Κύριοσ μετ̓ ὑμῶν ἔλεοσ, καθὼσ ἐποιήσατε μετὰ τῶν τεθνηκόταν καὶ μετ̓ ἐμοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Ruth 1:8)
  • οὐκ ἐπ’ ἀγλαί̈αισ, φίλαι, θυμὸν οὐδ’ ἐπὶ χρυσέοισ ὁρ́μοισ ἐκπεπόταμαι τάλαιν’, οὐδ’ ἱστᾶσα χοροὺσ Ἀργείαισ ἅμα νύμφαισ εἱλικτὸν κρούσω πόδ’ ἐμόν. (Euripides, choral, strophe 34)
  • Νύμφαισ ἐπόρσυν’ ἔροτιν, ὡσ ἔδοξέ μοι. (Euripides, episode, lyric 1:32)
  • τυγχάνω δὲ βουθυτῶν νύμφαισ· (Euripides, episode 1:12)
  • νύμφαισ τὰ προτέλεια θύσουσα, τότε δὴ συνδραμόντεσ πάντεσ οἱ λοχῶντεσ ἐκείνῳ συνελάμβανον αὐτήν. (Plutarch, Amatoriae narrationes, chapter 1 9:1)
  • Ἐσ τὴν Νῦσαν ἀποκομίσασ ἔδωκα ταῖσ Νυμφαισ ἀνατρέφειν Διόνυσον ἐπονομασθέντα. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 4:9)

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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