nymphaeum

American  

[nim-fee-uhm] / nɪmˈfi əm /

noun

plural

nymphaea

1. a room or area having a fountain, statues, flowers, etc.

2. an architecturally treated outlet of a reservoir or aqueduct.

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Etymology

Origin of nymphaeum

1760–70; < Latin < Greek nymphaîon place sacred to nymphs, noun use of neuter of nymphaîos, equivalent to nýmph ( ē ) nymph + -aios adj. suffix

Example Sentences

Ground was broken for the Nymphaeum Museum in 2017.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2021

But she, too, has her memorial – the Nymphaeum, as she called it – a green enclosure of seats around a small concave dish that bubbles with water.

From The Guardian • Mar. 24, 2010

Not far from hence is Apollonia, and near it the Nymphaeum, a spot of ground where, from among green trees and meadows, there are found at various points springs of fire continually streaming out.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh

The father fills up the outline, long preserved, it was believed, in the Nymphaeum at Corinth, and hence the art of modelling from the life in clay.

From Greek Studies: a Series of Essays by Pater, Walter

The Nymphaeum was decagonal on plan, so that small pendentives were required to carry the brick dome.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various