nymphaeum

Etymology
The root word is, which anciently, from prehistory, could mean “bride” or a special type of “goddess”: of mountains, trees, springs or meadows. Its appearance in is a Hellenization, although Latin had its own derivatives from the Indo-European:,. In Classical Greek, an -ai- form referred to the goddess, becoming Latin -ae-, while an -ei- form referred to the bride, becoming Latin -ē-, but the Greek-speaking Romans, such as Pliny the Elder, confused the two. Thus Latin nymphaeum is from Greek nymphaion but is from, although they could be understood to have the same meaning.

Noun

 * 1)  An ancient Greek or Roman shrine consecrated to water nymphs, often with a fountain.

Translations

 * Finnish: nymfaion
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: νυμφαῖον
 * Hungarian: nümphaion, nimfeum
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ニンファエウム
 * Latin: nymphēum
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: