nymphaea — Lewis & Short
nymphaea, ae, f., = numfai/a (Lat.: clava Herculis; cf.
Marc. Emp. 33),I the water-lily, Plin. 25, 7, 37, § 75; App. Herb. 67.
The corpus record — Latin
nymphaea
nymphaea · f
the water-lily
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Where it lives
- Naturalis Historia 15 · 0.38/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- nymphaea Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 26.10.p1
- nymphaeae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 26.15.p2
- nymphaea Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 26.8.p9
- nymphaea Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 26.7.p1
- nymphaeae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 26.14.p1
- nymphaea Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 26.13.p1
6 of 15 attestations shown.
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.
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