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Webster 1913 Edition
Daphne
Daph′ne
,Noun.
[L., a laurel tree, from Gr.
δάφνη
.] 1.
(Bot.)
A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms.
2.
(Myth.)
A nymph of Diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree.
Definition 2024
Daphnë
Daphnë
English
Proper noun
Daphnë
- Alternative spelling of Daphne
- 1634: John Milton, Comus, lines 678–681
- Nay, lady, sit. If I but wave this wand,
- Your nerves are all chain’d up in alabaster,
- And you a statue, or, as Daphnë was,
- Root-bound, that fled Apollo.
- Nay, lady, sit. If I but wave this wand,
- 1634: John Milton, Comus, lines 678–681