nymphaeum

American  

[nim-fee-uhm] / nɪmˈfi əm /

noun

• nymphaea
  plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• nymphaea
  plural

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

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In fact, its a nymphaeum – a fancy water feature belonging to the Emperor Commodus.

From National Geographic ● Apr. 15, 2023

Next Thing: She can’t reveal much, but she plans to construct a modern-day nymphaeum in Florence, Italy — a natural grotto devoted to nymphs used by Ancient Greeks and Romans.

From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2021

Now, in the nymphaeum in Rome, as the dark water rose to her waist, Piper wondered why the river god Achelous had mentioned that story.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

Leo had heard all about his near-death experience in the nymphaeum in Rome with Jason and Piper.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

After barely surviving the nymphaeum, he wanted to go back to the surface.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

The so-called villa of Cicero contains two well-preserved nymphaea with Doric architecture.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

It is the former kind, the nymphaea esculenta, of which Heine sings, and his conception of the moon as its lover is distinctively Indic and constantly recurring in Sanskrit literature.

From The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany by Arthur F. J. Remy

I have read somewhere that it delights in eating the nymphaea, or water-lily.

From The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White

The natives also brought us some roasted nymphaea roots, which they call dillii.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 by John MacGillivray

Wherever there are deep declivities, or masses of rocks half covered with mould, the clusia or cupey, with great nymphaea flowers, displays its beautiful verdure.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Thomasina Ross