nympha

From Latin nympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, nymph”). Doublet of nymph.

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɪmfə/
• Rhymes: -ɪmfə

nympha (plural nymphae)

1. (entomology) A nymph.
2. (anatomy, now rare) Each of the labia minora.
3. Each of a pair of processes in certain bivalves, to which the ends of the external ligament are attached.

nympha (plural nymphas)

1. nymph

• nymphē

Derived from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, nymph”). Compare with Latin lympha.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnym.pʰa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnim.fa]

nympha f (genitive nymphae); first declension

1. bride, mistress
2. young woman
3. (Greek mythology) nymph (mythical demigoddess)
   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 88:

     Suscipit, o Gelli, quantum non ultima Tethys nec genitor nympharum abluit Oceanus

     He undertakes, O Gellius, so much as neither furthest Tethys nor Oceanus, father of nymphs, can cleanse

4. pupa or nymph of an insect

First-declension noun.

• nympha marīna (“mermaid”)

• nymphālis
• nymphigena

• nymphaea
• nymphēum

• “nympha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nympha”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nympha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.