νυμφών
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From νῠ́μφη (nŭ́mphē) + -ών (-ṓn).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nym.pʰɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /nymˈpʰon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /nymˈɸon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /nymˈfon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /nimˈfon/
Noun
νῠμφών • (nŭmphṓn) m (genitive νῠμφῶνος); third declension
- a bridechamber
- Synonyms: θᾰ́λᾰμος (thắlămos), νῠμφεῖον (nŭmpheîon), εὐνᾱτήρῐον (eunātḗrĭon)
- a temple of Dionysus, Demeter and Persephone
- a variety of water lily
- Hypernym: νῠμφαίᾰ (nŭmphaíă)
- (figurative) paradise
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ νῠμφών ho nŭmphṓn |
τὼ νῠμφῶνε tṑ nŭmphône |
οἱ νῠμφῶνες hoi nŭmphônes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ νῠμφῶνος toû nŭmphônos |
τοῖν νῠμφώνοιν toîn nŭmphṓnoin |
τῶν νῠμφώνων tôn nŭmphṓnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ νῠμφῶνῐ tōî nŭmphônĭ |
τοῖν νῠμφώνοιν toîn nŭmphṓnoin |
τοῖς νῠμφῶσῐ / νῠμφῶσῐν toîs nŭmphôsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν νῠμφῶνᾰ tòn nŭmphônă |
τὼ νῠμφῶνε tṑ nŭmphône |
τοὺς νῠμφῶνᾰς toùs nŭmphônăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | νῠμφών nŭmphṓn |
νῠμφῶνε nŭmphône |
νῠμφῶνες nŭmphônes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: nymphōn
Further reading
- “νυμφ-ών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- νυμφών in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert (1901–1906), “νυμφών”, in Moschos, Xenofon, transl., Konstantinidis, Michael, editor, Μέγα λεξικόν τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Méga lexikón tês Hellēnikês glṓssēs, Great Dictionary of the Greek Language] (overall work in Katharevousa), Athens: Anestis Konstantinidis, translation of original in English, with supplement
- Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (1964) [1936–1950], Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Méga lexikón hólēs tês Hellēnikês glṓssēs, Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Katharevousa), 2nd edition (in 15 volumes), Athens: Hellenic Paideia (abbreviations - of authors)