lympha

lympha

Latin

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Etymology

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Ancient Greek νῠ́μφη (nŭ́mphē)bor.
Latin lympha

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek νῠ́μφη (nŭ́mphē, “bride, young girl; spring water”). Doublet of nympha.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    lympha f (genitive lymphae); first declension

    1. (poetic) water, especially clear river or spring water.
      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.635:
         […]; dīc corpus properet fluviālī spargere lymphā, et pecudēs sēcum et mōnstrāta piācula dūcat: […]
         […]; tell her to hasten to sprinkle her body with river water, and to lead the cattle and the offerings ordained for atonement: […]
    2. (medicine) water in dropsical people.

    Inflection

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative lympha lymphae
    genitive lymphae lymphārum
    dative lymphae lymphīs
    accusative lympham lymphās
    ablative lymphā lymphīs
    vocative lympha lymphae

    Derived terms

    • lymphāceus (adjective)
    • lymphō (verb)

    Descendants

    Descendants
    • → Catalan: limfa
    • → Chinese: 淋巴 (línbā)
    • → French: lymphe
    • → Galician: linfa
    • → Italian: linfa
    • → Portuguese: linfa
    • → Romanian: limfă
    • → Spanish: linfa

    References

    • “lympha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “lympha”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “lympha”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • lympha in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
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