νύμφη
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
νυμφίος
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
numphios
English translation (word)
bridegroom
Transliteration (Etymon)
numphē
English translation (etymon)
nymph, bride
Century
2 BC
Reference
fr. 11
Edition
A. Nauck, Aristophanis Byzantii grammatici Alexandrini fragmenta, 2nd edn., Halle: Lippert & Schmid, 1848 (repr. Hildesheim: Olms, 1963)
Source
Eustathius of Thessalonica
Ref.
Comm. Il., vol. 2, p. 351
Ed.
M. van der Valk, Eustathii archiepiscopi Thessalonicensis commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem pertinentes, vols. 1-4, Leiden: Brill, 1:1971; 2:1976; 3:1979; 4:1987
Quotation
καὶ ὅτι παρώνυμος τῇ νύμφῃ ὁ νυμφίος
Translation (En)
For numphios "bridegroom" is a derivative of numphē "bride"
Parallels
Choeroboscus, Epimerismi in Psalmos, p. 131 (νυμφίος παρὰ τὸ νύμφη, τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ νέον φῶτα ἔχειν, ἢ παρὰ τὸ νέον φῶς ἔχειν, ἢ παρὰ τὸ νεωστὶ φαίνεσθαι)
Modern etymology
Derivative of νύμφη
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has νυμφίος, as a learned word
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Correct derivational etymology