νυμφ-ίος, ὁ,
bridegroom, παιδὸς ὀδύρεται ὀστέα καίων νυμφίου [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.223; τὸν μὲν ἄκουρον ἐόντα βάλ᾽.. νυμφίον ἐν μεγάρῳ μίαν οἴην παῖδα λιπόντα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.65; ἁρμόζων κόρᾳ ν. ἄνδρα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.118, etc.; ζῆτε νυμφίων βίον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 161 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to νύμφη, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 783e: in _plural_, τοῖς νεωστὶ νυμφίοις] Refs 5th c.BC+] to the bridal pair, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 366, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 757 (Lyric poetry) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; νυμφίοισι παρθένοις occurs in Ps.-[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 741. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 son-in-law, [[ LXX.Josh.15.6. ] LXX]
__II as adjective νύμφιος, α, ον, bridal, τράπεζα νυμφία [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.16; λέκτρα “epigram Gr.” 373 (from Aezani). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]