νυμφ-αῖος,α,ον, (νύμφη)
A. oforsacred to the Nymphs,
σκοπιαί
E. El. 447
(lyr.) ; νᾶμα
AP 14.71
;δρυες
Tryph. 324 ;νυμφαία λιβάς pure springwater, prob.l. in Antiph. 52.13 .
II. νυμφαῖον,τό, sanctuary of the Nymphs,
IG 11(2).144
A 91 (Delos,iv B. C.), CIG 4616 (Syria,ii A. D.), Plu. Alex. 7 , etc. : Boeot.
νυνφῆον
Schwyzer 485.6 (Thespiae,iii B. C.) ; esp.fountain with architectural background,
Philostr. VA 8.12 .
III. ν. πτέρις,
= θηλυπτερίς , Dsc. 4.185 ; = δρυοπτερίς , Ps.- Dsc. 4.187 . [νυμφαῐονis doubtful in E. IT 216 (lyr.) : fort.νύμφαν.]