lympha
From LSJ
Ζήσεις βίον κράτιστον, ἢν θυμοῦ κρατῇς → Vives bene, si sis vacuus iracundia → Am besten lebst du, wenn du deinen Zorn beherrschst
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lympha: ae, f. νύμφη,
I water; esp. clear river or spring water (poet.): lymphae puteales, Lucr. 6, 1178: fluviali spargere lympha, Verg. A. 4, 635; Ov. M. 2, 459: vulnera lymphis abluere, id. ib. 13, 531.— Also, the water in dropsical persons: lympha intercus, Ser. Samm. 27, 501.—
II Personified: Lympha.
A A rural deity, the goddess of water, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6.—
B Lymphae, i. q. Nymphae, Hor. S. 1, 5, 97; Inscr. Orell. 1639.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lympha,¹¹ æ, f., eau : Lucr. 6, 1178 ; Virg. En. 4, 635.
