lympha

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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, Virgil, Aeneid 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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