nymphaeum

noun

nymphaeum

noun

Etymology 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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A shrine consecrated to water nymphs, often with a fountain.

Ancient Greece and Rome

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