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† nymphaea, ae, f., = νυμφαία (Lat.: clava Herculis; cf. Marc. Emp. 33), the water-lily, Plin. 25, 7, 37, § 75; App. Herb. 67.

1. Nymphaeum, i, n., = Νύμφαιον, a promontory and seaport in Illyria, on the borders of Macedonia, now Capo di Redeni, Caes. B. C. 3, 26, 4; Liv. 42, 36, 8; Plin. 3, 22, 26, § 144; Luc. 5, 720.

‡ 2. nymphaeum, i, v. nympheum.

Nymphaeus, i, m.

  1. I. A river in Latium, between Circeii and Astura, now Ninfa, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 57.
  2. II. A river in Mesopotamia, Amm. 18, 9, 2.