nympharum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →nympha, nymphae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Mythology
- Geography:
- Greece
nymph; (semi-divine female nature/water spirit); water; bride; young maiden;
gen. pl. - Entry →nymphe, nymphes:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Mythology
- Geography:
- Greece
nymph; (semi-divine female nature/water spirit); water; bride; young maiden;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Ibitis, et populi vox erit una 'Venit'? VII Nympharum pater amniumque, Rhene, Quicumque Odrysias bibunt pruinas, Sic semper..."Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...dona, libellos; tu fueris Musis Pegasis unda meis. - 'Nympharum templis quisquis sua carmina donat, quid fieri libris debeat..."Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...uicina tibi cur tenet antra deus? Nunquid Nympharum notos obseruat amores, tam multi pariter ne rapiantur Hylae? Mercari..."Liber IV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Ergo sacri fontes et litora grata ualete, Nympharum pariter Nereidumque domus. Herculeos colles gelida uos uincite bruma, nunc..."Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...felix amat. Tepidi natabis lene Congedi uadum mollesque Nympharum lacus, quibus remissum corpus adstringes breui Salone, qui ferrum..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...limine genu sic deprecatus sum numen aversum: Nympharum Bacchique comes, quem pulcra Dione divitibus silvis numen dedit, inclita..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...fugit decus omne soluta. desere nunc nemus et nympharum durus amores! at diversa Sagen turbantem fallere nervo..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...saecla ferarum. denique nota vagis silvestria templa tenebant nympharum, quibus e scibant umore fluenta lubrica proluvie larga lavere..."