nymphaea

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Δυσαμένη δὲ κάρηνα βαθυκνήμιδος ἐρίπνης / Δελφικὸν ἄντρον ἔναιε φόβῳ λυσσώδεος Ἰνοῦς (Nonnus, Dionysiaca 9.273f.) → Having descended from the top of a deep-greaved cliff, she dwelt in a cave in Delphi, because of her fear of raving/raging Ino.

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

nymphaea: ae, f., = νυμφαία> (Lat.: clava Herculis; cf. Marc. Emp. 33),
I the water-lily, Plin. 25, 7, 37, § 75; App. Herb. 67.