lympha, ae, f. [νύμφη],
- I. water; esp. clear river or spring water (poet.): lymphae puteales, Lucr. 6, 1178: fluviali spargere lympha, Verg. A. 4, 635; Ov. M. 2, 459: vulnera lymphis abluere, id. ib. 13, 531.
Also, the water in dropsical persons: lympha intercus, Ser. Samm. 27, 501.
- II. Personified: Lympha.
- A. A rural deity, the goddess of water, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6.
- B. Lymphae, i. q. Nymphae, Hor. S. 1, 5, 97; Inscr. Orell. 1639.