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‖ nymphæum, -eum Archæol.|nɪmˈfiːəm|
Pl. -æa, -ea.
[L. nymphæum, -ēum, ad. Gr. νυµϕαῖον, -εῖον temple or shrine of the nymphs, neut. of νυµϕαῖος, -εῖος sacred to the nymphs, f. νύµϕη nymph n. So F. nymphéum.]
A grotto or shrine of the nymphs; a building, or part of one, designed to represent this.
1770tr. Mme. du Bocage Lett. II. 203 The temple, the spring, the nympheum, the bason of the Romans. 1850J. Leitch tr. C. O. Müller's Anc. Art § 150 (ed. 2) 125 The mass of the population in the great cities was cared for by the erection of theatres, probably also thermæ and nymphæa. c1890H. James Little Tour in France xxviii. (1900) 189 A small Roman ruin, which is known as a temple of Diana, but was more apparently a nymphæum. |