νυμφαῖος

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κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν τὴν μήτε πλουσίους ἄγαν μήτε πένητας ἔχουσαν πολίτας → the best democracy is that in which the citizens are neither very rich nor very poor (Thales/Plutarch)

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Transliteration A: nymphaîos Transliteration B: nymphaios Transliteration C: nymfaios Beta Code: numfai=os

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.