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.