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νύμφη
νύμφη .νύμφη, ἡ, Epic voc. νύμφα: Doric νύμφᾱ:—, a young wife, bride, Lat. nupta, Il., Trag. any married woman, Od., Eur. a marriageable maiden, Il., Hes. = Lat. nurus, daughter-in-law, NTest. as prop. name, a Nymph, Hom.; θεαὶ Νύμφαι Il.; distinguished by special names, spring- nymphs being Ναϊάδες, sea- nymphs Νηρηίδες, tree- nymphs Δρυάδες, Ἁμαδρυάδες, mountain- nymphs ὀρεστιάδες, ὀρεάδες, meadow- nymphs λειμωνιάδες. persons in a state of rapture, as seers and poets, were said to be caught by the Nymphs, νυμφόληπτοι, Lat. lymphatici. the chrysalis, or pupa of moths, Anth.

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a young wife, bride

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νύμφη .νύμφη, ἡ, Epic voc. νύμφα: Doric νύμφᾱ:—, a young wife, bride, Lat. nupta, Il., Trag. any married woman, Od., Eur. a marriageable maiden, Il., Hes. = Lat. nurus, daughter-in-law, NTest. as prop. name, a Nymph, Hom.; θεαὶ Νύμφαι Il.; distinguished by special names, spring- nymphs being Ναϊάδες, sea- nymphs Νηρηίδες, tree- nymphs Δρυάδες, Ἁμαδρυάδες, mountain- nymphs ὀρεστιάδες, ὀρεάδες, meadow- nymphs λειμωνιάδες. persons in a state of rapture, as seers and poets, were said to be caught by the Nymphs, νυμφόληπτοι, Lat. lymphatici. the chrysalis, or pupa of moths, Anth.
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nu/mfh

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