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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

  • οὕτω τοι καὶ τοὺσ ἐπὶ θήρᾳ ἐσπουδακότασ οὐ χρὴ ἀμελεῖν τῆσ Ἀρτέμιδοσ τῆσ Ἀγροτέρασ οὐδὲ Ἀπόλλωνοσ οὐδὲ πανὸσ οὐδὲ Νυμφῶν οὐδὲ Ἑρμοῦ Ἐνοδίου καὶ Ἡγεμονίου, οὑδὲ ὅσοι ἄλλοι ὄρειοι θεοὶ· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 35 3:1)
  • μὴ σύ γε τὰ Νυμφῶν διολέσῃσ ἱδρύματα καὶ Πανὸσ ἕδρασ ἔνθ’ ἔχει συρίγματα. (Euripides, episode 1:6)
  • ἀδμήτην γάρ φησιν τὴν Εὐρυσθέωσ ἐξ Ἄργουσ φυγοῦσαν ἐλθεῖν εἰσ Σάμον, θεασαμένην δὲ τὴν τῆσ Ἥρασ ἐπιφάνειαν καὶ τῆσ οἴκοθεν σωτηρίασ χαριστήριον βουλομένην ἀποδοῦναι ἐπιμεληθῆναι τοῦ ἱεροῦ τοῦ καὶ νῦν ὑπάρχοντοσ, πρότερον δὲ ὑπὸ Λελέγων καὶ Νυμφῶν καθιδρυμένου· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 12 2:3)
  • Νίκανδροσ δ’ ἐν δευτέρῳ Γεωργικῶν καταλέγων καὶ αὐτὸσ στεφανωτικὰ ἄνθη καὶ περὶ Ιὠνιάδων Νυμφῶν καὶ περὶ ῥόδων τάδε λέγει· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 311)
  • οἱ δ’ ἱππεῖσ τῶν Συβαριτῶν ὑπὲρ τοὺσ πεντακισχιλίουσ ὄντεσ ἐπόμπευον ἔχοντεσ κροκωτοὺσ ἐπὶ τοῖσ θώραξιν, καὶ τοῦ θέρουσ οἱ νεώτεροι αὐτῶν εἰσ τὰ τῶν Νυμφῶν ἄντρα τῶν Λουσιάδων ἀποδημοῦντεσ διετέλουν μετὰ πάσησ τρυφῆσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 17 1:1)

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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