nympheum

== English == === Noun === nympheum (plural nympheums or nymphea) Alternative form of nymphaeum. == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek νῠμφεῖον (nŭmpheîon). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nymˈpʰeː.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [nimˈfɛː.um] === Noun === nymphēum n (genitive nymphēī); second declension alternative form of nymphaeum ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). === References === “nympheum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “nympheum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.