young wife, bride,
νύμφ-η,ἡ( Ep. voc.
A.
νύμφᾰ
Il. 3.130
, Od. 4.743 ( Aeol. acc. to Choerob. in Theod. 1.304 ) ; later also as nom., AP 14.43 ; but Dor.
νύμφᾱ),young wife, bride,
Il. 18.492 , Hdt. 4.172 ; ν. ἄγεσθαι
Ar. Pl. 529
; Ἀελίοιο
Pi. O. 7.14
; opp.νυμφίος,
Pl. Lg. 783e ; opp.παρθένος,
Praxill. 5 , Com.Adesp. 1215 ; always relatively young, as Iris calls Helen, or as Eurycleia calls Penelope, νύμφα φίλη
Il. 3.130
, Od. 4.743 , cf. E. Med. 150 , Andr. 140 (both lyr.).
2. marriageable maiden,
Il. 9.560 , Hes. Th. 298 .
3. daughter-in-law,
LXX 1 Ki. 4.19 , Ev.Matt. 10.35 .
4. young girl,
πενταέτης ν.
IG 14.2040.2
.
II. Nymphor goddess of lower rank, θεαὶ Νύμφαι
Il. 24.616
, cf. Hes. Th. 130 , Fr. 171.5 , al., IG 12(8).358 (Thasos, V B.C.) ; N. κοῦραι Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο
Od. 6.105
; N. ἅλιαι
S. Ph. 1470
(anap. ; cf.Ναϊάς, Νηρηί̈ς) ; N.Ὀρεστιάδες, Ὀρειάδες,
Il. 6.420 , Bion 1.19 , cf. Ar. Av. 1098 (lyr.) ; N. Μελίαι
Hes. Th. 187
, cf.Ἀδρυάδες, Ἁμαδρυάδες, Δρυάδες; N.ὑάδες, ὑδριάδες,
Id. Fr. 180 , Porph. Antr. 18 ; N.λειμωνιάδες, πετραῖαι,
S. Ph. 1454 (anap.), E. El. 805 .
2. esp. ofsprings, ὀνομάζεσθαι τὰς πηγὰςN. Ath. 11.465a , cf. Lib. Or. 11.28 : hence, poetically,water,
AP 9.258 ( Antiphan. ), 331 ( Mel. ), cf. Plu. 2.147f .
3. in mystical theology, Ζεὺς ἄμβροτος ἔπλετο ν.
Orph. Fr. 21a4
.
b. applied to souls seeking birth, Porph. Antr. 18 ; cf.νυμφεύω.
III. doll, puppet,
AP 6.274 ( Pers. ), Jul. Caes. 332d .
IV. young beeorwasp,in the pupa stage, Arist. HA 551b2 , 555a3 .
b. winged male of the ant,
Hsch.
V. kind ofmollusc,Speusipp. ap. Ath. 3.105b .
VI. point of the ploughshare,
Poll. 1.252 , Procl.ad Hes. Op. 425 .
VII. hollow between the under-lip and chin,
Ruf. Onom. 42 , Poll. 2.90 , Hsch.
b. depression on the shoulder of horses, Hippiatr. 26 .
VIII. opening rosebud,
Phot.
IX. clitoris,
Ruf. Onom. 112 , Gal. UP 15.3 .
X. niche,
Callix. 2 .
