nympha

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin nympha, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, nymph”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪmfə/

Noun

nympha (plural nymphae)

1. (entomology) A nymph.
2. (anatomy, now rare) Each of the labia minora.
3. Each of a pair of processes in certain bivalves, to which the ends of the external ligament are attached.

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Interlingua

Noun

nympha (plural nymphas)

1. nymph

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Latin

Hylas et nymphae (Hylas and the Nymphs)

Alternative forms

• nymphe

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, nymph”). Confer with Latin lympha.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnym.pʰa/, [ˈnʏmpʰä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnim.fa/, [ˈnimfä]

• Audio (Classical):

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Noun

nympha f (genitive nymphae); first declension

1. bride, mistress
2. young woman
3. nymph (mythical demi-goddess)
4. pupa or nymph of an insect

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nympha	nymphae
Genitive	nymphae	nymphārum
Dative	nymphae	nymphīs
Accusative	nympham	nymphās
Ablative	nymphā	nymphīs
Vocative	nympha	nymphae

Derived terms

• nymphālis
• nymphigena

Related terms

• nymphaea
• nymphēum

Descendants

• Asturian: ninfa
• Catalan: nimfa
• English: nymph
• French: nymphe

• Italian: ninfa
• Portuguese: ninfa
• Sicilian: ninfa
• Spanish: ninfa
• Welsh: nymff

References

• “nympha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nympha”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nympha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.