a fountain consecrated to the nymphs at Corinth

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• Nymphaeum — For other uses of this term, see Nymphaion (disambiguation). The Jerash nymphaeum. A nymphaeum or nymphaion (Greek: νυμφαίον), in ancient Greece and Rome, was a monument consecrated to the nymphs, especially those of springs. These …   Wikipedia

• nymphaeum — /nim fee euhm/, n., pl. nymphaea / fee euh/. 1. a room or area having a fountain, statues, flowers, etc. 2. an architecturally treated outlet of a reservoir or aqueduct. [1760 70; < L < Gk nymphaîon place sacred to nymphs, n. use of neut. of… …   Universalium