νύμφα

From LSJ

Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
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Full diacritics: νύμφᾰ Medium diacritics: νύμφα Low diacritics: νύμφα Capitals: ΝΥΜΦΑ
Transliteration A: nýmpha Transliteration B: nympha Transliteration C: nymfa Beta Code: nu/mfa

English (LSJ)

poet. voc. for νύμφη; but νύμφα, Dor. for νύμφη.

German (Pape)

[Seite 268] ἡ, poet. = νύμφη; bei Hom. nur im voc., νύμφα φίλη, Il. 3, 130 Od. 4, 743, wie Callim. H. Del. 215; sp. D. haben auch den nom. u. acc., νύμφα u. νύμφαν, vgl. Iac. A. P. p. LXIII; Lob. Phryn. 332. – Aber νύμφα ist dor. = νύμφη.

French (Bailly abrégé)

1seul. au voc.
c. νύμφη.
2dor. p. νύμφη.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

νύμφᾱ:
I ἡ дор. = νύμφη.
νύμφᾰ: II эп. voc. к νύμφη.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

νύμφᾰ: ποιητικ. κλητ. τοῦ νύμφη· ἀλλὰ νυμφᾶ, Δωρ. ἀντὶ νύμφη.

English (Slater)

νύμφα
   a bride, (married) woman Ἀελίοιό τε νύμφαν, Ῥόδον (O. 7.14) “νῦν δ' εὐρυλείμων πότνιά σοι Λιβύα δέξεται εὐκλέα νύμφαν” Cyrene (P. 9.56) εὐθὺς δ ἀπανάνατο νύμφαν Hippolyta (N. 5.33) ἰὴ ἰὲ βασίλειαν Ὀλυμπίων νύμφαν ἀριστόποσιν Hera Πα. 21. 4, 12, 20, 28.
   b pl. Nymphs, water goddesses. θερμὰ Νυμφᾶν λουτρὰ βαστάζεις the warm springs of Himera (O. 12.19)
   c frag. ]νύμφαν συ[ Πα. 13. a. 13.

Greek Monolingual

νύμφα, ἡ (Α)
(δωρ. τ.) βλ. νύφη.

Greek Monotonic

νύμφᾰ:I. Επικ. κλητ. αντί νύμφη. II. νύμφᾱ, Δωρ. αντί νύμφη.