lympha — Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary

lympha, ae, f. νύμφη, water; esp. clear river or spring water (poet.): lymphae puteales, Lucr. 6, 1178: fluviali spargere lympha, Verg. A. 4, 635; Ov. M. 2, 459: vulnera lymphis abluere, id. ib. 13, 531.— Also, the water in dropsical persons: lympha intercus, Ser. Samm. 27, 501.— Personified: Lympha. A rural deity, the goddess of water, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6.— Lymphae, i. q. Nymphae, Hor. S. 1, 5, 97; Inscr. Orell. 1639.

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water, clear water, spring water

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