nymphaeum

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A shrine consecrated to water nymphs, often with a fountain.

词形变化

nymphaeums plural nymphaea plural nymphæum alternative,archaic

词源

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