Translingual

Nymphaea pubescens
(subgenus N. subg. Lotos)

Proper noun

Nymphaea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphaeaceae – the waterlilies.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms - clade; Nymphaeales - order; Nymphaeaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Nymphaea subg. Anecphya, Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras, Nymphaea subg. Confluentes, Nymphaea subg. Hydrocallis, Nymphaea subg. Lotos, Nymphaea subg. Nymphaea (subgenera)

English

Noun

nymphaea ‎(plural nymphaeas)

1. (botany) Originally, the European white water lily; later also, a species of the genus Nymphaea.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.5.1.v:

     Guianerius, cap. 8, tract. 15, would have them used twice a day, and when they come forth of the baths, their backbones to be anointed with oil of almonds, violets, nymphæa, fresh capon-grease, etc.

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Noun

nymphaea

1. plural of nymphaeum

Latin

nymphaea (water lily)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νυμφαία ‎(numphaía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /nʏmˈpʰai.a/

Noun

nymphaea f ‎(genitive nymphaeae); first declension

1. water lily

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• nympha

Descendants

• Translingual: Nymphaea

References

• nymphaea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nymphaea”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• nymphaea in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly