Νυμφαῖον

nymphaion, nympheum

Translated by David Whitehead18 Dec 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

4 words

[Meaning] a nymphs' shrine.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νυμφαῖον· νυμφῶν ἱερόν.

Betacode

*numfai=on: numfw=n i(ero/n.

See e.g. the opening of Menander's Dyskolos.
Same entry elsewhere; references at Photius nu279 Theodoridis. (There seems no good reason, with Theodoridis on Photius and Latte on Hesychius [nu716], to treat the headword as upper-case. Contrast nu 590.)

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