nymphe
Dictionary entries
- 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;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...natusque, sed aeui confudere modos: puerum Lapithaona nymphe Dercetis expertem thalami crudumque maritis ignibus ante diem cupido uiolauit..."- P
Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...superest formae nisi candor in illa. officioque pedum nymphe contenta duorum erigitur metuitque loqui, ne more iuvencae mugiat..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...lentos pone, precor, fastus et amanti iungere, nymphe: sic tibi nec vernum nascentia frigus adurat poma, nec excutiant..." - P
Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...ripa iniectos umeris siccantem sole capillos. visa fugit nymphe, veluti perterrita fulvum cerva lupum longeque lacu deprensa relicto..." - P
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...divesque meo Bona Copia cornu est.' Dixerat: et nymphe ritu succincta Dianae, una ministrarum, fusis utrimque capillis, incessit..." - P
Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...vulgatos taceo' dixit 'pastoris amores Daphnidis Idaei, quem nymphe paelicis ira contulit in saxum: tantus dolor urit amantes..." - P
Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tulit: enixa est utero pulcherrima pleno infantem nymphe, iam tunc qui posset amari, Narcissumque vocat. de quo consultus..." - P
Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...superest formae nisi candor in illa. officioque pedum nymphe contenta duorum erigitur metuitque loqui, ne more iuvencae mugiat..."