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nymphaeum

nymphaeum noun: a shrine consecrated to water nymphs, often with a fountain.

Noun

nymphaeum (plural nymphaeums or nymphaea)

  1. (Ancient Greece and Rome) A shrine consecrated to water nymphs, often with a fountain.

Forms of nymphaeum

pluralnymphaeums
pluralnymphaea
alternative form (archaic)nymphæum

Origin of nymphaeum

Learned borrowing from Latin nymphaeum, from Ancient Greek νυμφαῖον (numphaîon), a substantivisation of νυμφαῖος (numphaîos, “sacred to the nymphs”), from νύμφη (númphē, “nymph”).

Questions about nymphaeum

What does nymphaeum mean?
Nymphaeum means a shrine consecrated to water nymphs, often with a fountain.
What part of speech is nymphaeum?
Nymphaeum is a noun.
What is the plural of nymphaeum?
The plural of nymphaeum is nymphaeums.

Words near nymphaeum in the dictionary

  1. nymphaea
  2. nymphaeaceous
  3. nymphaeas
  4. nymphaeid
  5. nymphaeids
  6. nymphaeum
  7. nymphaeums
  8. nymphal
  9. nymphalid
  10. nymphalids
  11. nymphaline

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