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nympha , ae, and nymphē , ēs (
I.dat. plur. NYMPHABVS, Inscr. Orell. 1629; “NYMFABVS,” ib. 1630; “NYMPHIS,” ib. 1627; 1630 sq.), f., = νύμφη.
I. A bride, a mistress, Ov. H. 1, 27; Tib. 3, 1, 21 (al. merita).—
2. A young woman: “se quoque nympha tuis ornavit Iardanis armis,” Ov. H. 9, 103.—
II. Nymphae, demi-goddesses, who inhabit the sea, rivers, fountains, woods, trees, and mountains; nymphs: “Nymphae, genus amnibus unde est,” Verg. A. 8, 71; 10, 551; Ov. M. 5, 540: “Nympha Maenalis,” i. e. Carmenta, the mother of Evander, id. F. 1, 634: “Nymphae Libethrides,” the Muses, Verg. E. 7, 21: “vocalis Nymphe,” Echo, Ov. M. 3, 357. Vows were made to the fountain-nymphs in cases of sickness or of drought, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 43; Inscr. Orell. 1631 sq.—
B. Transf., water (poet.): “et cadit in patulos Nympha Aniena lacus,” Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 4.—
2. A fountain, Mart. 6, 43, 2.—
C. The pupa or nymph of an insect: “alius evolat, alius in nymphā est, alius in vermiculo,” Plin. 11, 21, 24, § 71; 11, 16, 16, § 48.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.357
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5.540
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 8.71
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.71
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.48
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.17
    • Sextus Propertius, Elegies, 3.16
    • Ovid, Fasti, 1
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