nymphaea
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /nɪmˈfiːə/
Etymology 1
From Latin nymphaea, from 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: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, 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.
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Etymology 2
Inflected forms.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νυμφαία (numphaía).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /nymˈpʰae̯.a/, [nʏmˈpʰae̯.a]
Inflection
First declension.
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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