The corpus record

Ναιάς

naias · ἡ

Naiad, river-nymph, spring-nymph

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Where it lives

Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k
Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k

What it meant — LSJ

Naiad, river-nymph, spring-nymph

Naiad, river-nymph, spring-nymph, Od. 13.104, 356 (pl.): in sg., A.R. 1.626:—also Ναΐς, Ion. Νηΐς, ΐδος, ἡ, in sg., νηΐς Ἀβαρβαρέη Il. 6.22; νύμφη τέκε νηΐς 14.444, cf. Pi. P. 9.16, E. Hel. 187 (lyr.): pl. Ναΐδες, Str. 10.3.10, Paus. 8.4.2, etc.

In the wild

νηῒς · nēis Iliad 14.444
νηῒς · nēis Iliad 20.384
νηῒς · nēis Iliad 6.22
νηϊάδες · nēiades Odyssey 13.104
νηϊάδες · nēiades Odyssey 13.348
νηϊάδες · nēiades Odyssey 13.356

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. Ναιάς (scan p. 1044; entry #4263).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. Ναιάς (scan p. 750; entry #5533).

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