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nympha

A bride, a mistress

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Where it lives

Eclogues 9 · 19.83/10k
Dirae, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 15.41/10k
Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 2 · 11.75/10k
Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 9.12/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 6 · 8.6/10k
Fasti 25 · 8.02/10k
Metamorphoses 61 · 7.86/10k
Mosella 2 · 6.15/10k
Carminum minorum corpusculum 5 · 5.92/10k
Appendix Vergiliana 2 · 5.77/10k
Carmina 7 · 5.27/10k
Epithalamium de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1 · 4.57/10k

Densest 12 of 43 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

nympha — Lewis & Short

nympha, ae, and nymphē, ēs (

I dat. plur. NYMPHABVS, Inscr. Orell. 1629; NYMFABVS, ib. 1630; NYMPHIS, ib. 1627; 1630 sq.), f., = nu/mfh.

I A bride, a mistress, Ov. H. 1, 27; Tib. 3, 1, 21 (al. merita).—

2 A young woman: se quoque nympha tuis ornavit Iardanis armis, Ov. H. 9, 103.—

II Nymphae, demi-goddesses, who inhabit the sea, rivers, fountains, woods, trees, and mountains; nymphs: Nymphae, genus amnibus unde est, Verg. A. 8, 71; 10, 551; Ov. M. 5, 540: Nympha Maenalis, i. e. Carmenta, the mother of Evander, id. F. 1, 634: Nymphae Libethrides, the Muses, Verg. E. 7, 21: vocalis Nymphe, Echo, Ov. M. 3, 357. Vows were made to the fountain-nymphs in cases of sickness or of drought, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 43; Inscr. Orell. 1631 sq.—

B Transf., water (poet.): et cadit in patulos Nympha Aniena lacus, Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 4.—

2 A fountain, Mart. 6, 43, 2.—

C The pupa or nymph of an insect: alius evolat, alius in nymphā est, alius in vermiculo, Plin. 11, 21, 24, § 71; 11, 16, 16, § 48.

In the wild

6 of 251 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. nympha (scan p. 477; entry #7718).

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