nympha
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of nympha
1595–1605; < Latin nympha ( see nymph)
Example Sentences
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In the last line of Crashaw's epigram the reading in Poemata Anglorum Latina is 'Vidit et erubuit nympha pudica Deum.'
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
Virgil makes his wife's name Marica— Hunc Fauna, et nympha genitum Laurente Marica Accipimus.—Aen. vii.
From The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 09: Vitellius by Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius
Christina, dulcis nympha, diutiùs Ne te moretur: qui merito clues Prudens Ulysses, sperne doctæ Popula deliciasque Circes.
From A Journal of the Swedish Embassy in the Years 1653 and 1654, Vol II. by Morton, Charles
I observe the Magnolia, with large white wax-like flowers, somewhat resembling the giant nympha of Guiana.
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne
Inde suos probat explorans, et judice nympha Informat radios, ne non satis igne protervo Ora tremant, agilesque docet nova fulgura vultus, Atque suo vibrare jubet petulantius astro.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
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