νυμφαῖος
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
English (LSJ)
α, ον, (νύμφη)
A of or sacred to the Nymphs, σκοπιαί E.El.447(lyr.) ; νᾶμα AP14.71 ; δρυες Tryph.324 ; νυμφαία λιβάς pure spring water, prob.l. in Antiph.52.13. II νυμφαῖον, τό, sanctuary of the Nymphs, IG 11(2).144A91 (Delos, iv B. C.), CIG4616 (Syria, ii A. D.), Plu.Alex.7, etc. : Boeot. νυνφῆον Schwyzer 485.6 (Thespiae, iii B. C.) ; esp. fountain with architectural background, Philostr.VA8.12. III ν. πτέρις, = θηλυπτερίς, Dsc.4.185 ; = δρυοπτερίς, Ps.-Dsc.4.187. [νυμφαῐον is doubtful in E.IT216 (lyr.) : fort. νύμφαν.]
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
νυμφαῖος: -α, -ον, (νύμφη) ὁ ἀνήκων ἢ ἀφιερωμένος εἰς τὰς νύμφας, σκοπιαὶ Εὐρ. Ἑλ. 447˙ νᾶμα Ἀνθ. Π. 14. 71˙ νυμφαία λιβάς, καθαρὸν πηγαῖον ὕδωρ, πιθ. γραφὴ ἐν Ἀντιφάνους «Ἀφροδισίῳ» 1. 13. ἔνθα ἴδε Meineke.
