νύμφη
Alt. νύμφη, ἡ,
I. epic voc. νύμφα^: doric νύμφα_:—, "a young wife, bride", Lat. nupta, Il., Trag.
2. "any married woman", Od., Eur.
3. "a marriageable maiden", Il., Hes.
4. = Lat. nurus, daughter-in-law, NTest.
II. as prop. name, "a Nymph", Hom.; θεαὶ Νύμφαι Il.; distinguished by special names, "spring-" nymphs being Ναϊάδες, "sea-" nymphs Νηρηίδες, "tree-" nymphs Δρυάδες, Ἁμαδρυάδες, "mountain-" nymphs ὀρεστιάδες, ὀρεάδες, "meadow-" nymphs λειμωνιάδες.
2. persons in a state of "rapture", as seers and poets, were said to be "caught by the Nymphs", νυμφόληπτοι, Lat. lymphatici.
III. "the chrysalis", or "pupa" of moths, Anth.