where nymphs were born of old
where nymphs were born of old, ἄντρον Tim. Pers. 120 (-φαιο- Pap.).
The corpus record
πᾰλεο-νυμφάγονος
paleonumphagonos
where nymphs were born of old
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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