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Πενίαν φέρειν καὶ γῆράς ἐστι δύσκολον → Tolerare inopiam cum senectute arduum est → Im Alter Armut zu ertragen ist gar schwer

Menander, Monostichoi, 461
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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.]