nymphaea
English
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin nymphaea, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek νυμφαῖα (numphaîa), feminine singular form of νυμφαῖος (numphaîos, “sacred to the nymphs”), from νύμφη (númphē, “nymph”).
Noun
nymphaea (plural nymphaeas)
- (botany) Originally, the European white water lily; later also, a species of the genus Nymphaea.
- 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 5, member 1, subsection v:
- Guianerius, cap. 8, tract. 15, would have them used twice a day, and when they come forth of the baths, their backbones to be anointed with oil of almonds, violets, nymphæa, fresh capon-grease, etc.
Etymology 2
Inflected forms.
Noun
nymphaea
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νυμφαία (numphaía).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /nymˈpʰae̯.a/, [nʏmˈpʰäe̯ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /nimˈfe.a/, [nimˈfɛːä]
Noun
nymphaea f (genitive nymphaeae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | nymphaea | nymphaeae |
Genitive | nymphaeae | nymphaeārum |
Dative | nymphaeae | nymphaeīs |
Accusative | nymphaeam | nymphaeās |
Ablative | nymphaeā | nymphaeīs |
Vocative | nymphaea | nymphaeae |
Related terms
Descendants
- Translingual: Nymphaea
References
- “nymphaea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nymphaea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “nymphaea”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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