nymphis
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;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. 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;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...dabant nudum iacientes corpus in undas. multi praecipites nymphis putealibus alte inciderunt ipso venientes ore patente: insedabiliter sitis..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...posito venan pectine Phoebum crede dari. quae spes nymphis aufertur Achaeis, praereptum quanto proles Boebeia questu audiet..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...falso gurges cantatus olori flebit, Amyclaeis Triuiae lugebere Nymphis, et quae te leges praeceptaque fortia belli erudiit genetrix..."Ecloga X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...crescent illae, crescetis, Amores. Interea mixtis lustrabo Maenala Nymphis, aut acris uenabor apros; non me ulla uetabunt frigora..."Ecloga V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...funere Daphnim flebant (uos coryli testes et flumina Nymphis), cum complexa sui corpus miserabile nati atque deos atque..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Hypaepis. Pan ibi dum teneris iactat sua sibila nymphis et leve cerata modulatur harundine carmen ausus Apollineos prae..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...citharam nervis et nervis temperat arcum. namque sacer nymphis Carthaea tenentibus arva ingens cervus erat, lateque patentibus altas..."Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...venerat huc Dryope fatorum nescia, quoque indignere magis, nymphis latura coronas, inque sinu puerum, qui nondum impleverat annum..."