Crossword clues for naiad
naiad
- Young mayfly
- Fountain nymph
- R. Strauss maiden
- Spirit shown by chap coming up with promotion
- Nymph originally named by a retired Welshman
- Nymph heard near middle of meadow
- Divine female close to announcing a date
- Diana unusually displaying natural spirit
- Diana represented female spirit
- Water nymph, in mythology
- Nymph presiding over rivers
- Water-loving nymph
- Water spirit
- Nymph of the lake
- Waterfall nymph
- Water nymph that anagrams to "Diana"
- Water nymph of Greek myth
- Spring spirit
- Mythological water nymph
- Mythical lake nymph
- Larva of a dragonfly, named after Greek myth
- Charybdis, e.g
- Water nymph of myth
- River nymph of Greek myth
- Spring nymph
- Mythical swimmer
- Young dragonfly
- Neptune's closest moon
- Nymph of Greek myth
- Nymph of myth
- Aquatic nymph
- Charybdis, e.g.
- Greek water nymph
- Aquatic dragonfly larva
- Legendary spring figure
- Swimmer of myth
- Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers
- (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains
- Of fresh or brackish water
- Freshwater mussel
- Female swimmer
- Mythical river dweller
- Soprano role in "Ariadne auf Naxos"
- Expert female swimmer
The Collaborative International Dictionary
nymph \nymph\ (n[i^]mf), n. [L. nympha nymph, bride, young woman, Gr. ny`mfh: cf. F. nymphe. Cf. Nuptial.]
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(Class. Myth.) A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters.
Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas?
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Hence: A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel.
Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins remembered.
--Shak. (Zo["o]l.) The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.
(Zo["o]l.) Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, etc.; -- called also naiad.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"water nymph," c.1600, from Latin Nais, Naias (genitive naiadis), from Greek Naias (plural Naiades) "river nymph," from naiein "to flow," from PIE *naw-yo-, suffixed form of root *(s)nau- "to swim, flow, let flow" (see nutriment). Dryden used the Latin singular form Nais, and the plural Naiades is attested in English from late 14c.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context Greek mythology English) A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water. 2 (context entomology English) The aquatic larva (nymph) of a dragonfly or damselfly.
WordNet
n. submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water [syn: water nymph]
(Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains
[also: naiades (pl)]
Wikipedia
Naiad ( or ; ), also known as Neptune III, is the innermost satellite of Neptune, named after the Naiads of Greek legend.
In Greek mythology, the Naiads ( Ancient Greek: Ναϊάδες) were a type of water nymph (female spirit) who presided over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water.
They are distinct from river gods, who embodied rivers, and the very ancient spirits that inhabited the still waters of marshes, ponds and lagoon-lakes, such as pre-Mycenaean Lerna in the Argolis.
Naiads were associated with fresh water, as the Oceanids were with saltwater and the Nereids specifically with the Mediterranean, but because the Greeks thought of the world's waters as all one system, which percolated in from the sea in deep cavernous spaces within the earth, there was some overlap. Arethusa, the nymph of a spring, could make her way through subterranean flows from the Peloponnesus, to surface on the island of Sicily.
The Naiads are water-centered nymphs in Greek mythology.
Naiad may also refer to:
- redirect List_of_Narnian_creatures#N
Usage examples of "naiad".
Then turning towards the rocks he spread open his arms and invoked the Nymphs, the mountains, the rivers, the lakes, the fields, the springs, the woods, and the sea-shore, by the several appellations of Oreads, and Naiads, and Limniads, and Limoniads, and Ephydriads, and Dryads and Hamadryads.
Nymph and Naiad, or his researches after truth in the deep wells of the Stagyrite or the golden fountains of Plato, he forgot the loneliness of his lot and exhausted the hoarded enthusiasm of his soul.
Young Naiades, in what far woodlands wild Wandered ye, when unworthy love possessed Our Gallus?
Naiades, of the wandring brooks, With your sedged crowns and ever-harmless looks, Leave your crisp channels, and on this green land Answer your summons .
Milton oyster, the plaice sound and firm, the flounder as much alive as when in the water, the shrimp as big as a prawn, the fine cod alive but a few hours ago, or any other of the various treasures which those water-deities who fish the sea and rivers have committed to the care of the nymphs, the angry Naiades lift up their immortal voices, and the prophane wretch is struck deaf for his impiety.
You nymphs, called Naiads, of the windring brooks, With your sedged crowns.
Nymph and Naiad, or his researches after truth in the deep wells of the Stagyrite or the golden fountains of Plato, he forgot the loneliness of his lot and exhausted the hoarded enthusiasm of his soul.
Hera loved this tree very much, but after a while she found she could not keep it in her own garden for Zeus would steal the beautiful golden apples and distribute them as favors to the nymph or dryad or naiad or Titaness or human girl he happened to be courting at the time.
Thanatos began the long ascent to Olympos, the barely concious naiad over one shoulder and the brass cage clanging in his hand.
Strange though it seems, we forget all about them, and sit down to rest and watch the Fairies, and the unicorns and the Dryads that appear from the trees, and the Naiads that surface from the pool to play with the butterflies.
Like many naiads and forest nymphs, she had never mastered the ability to change forms.
Waif-like naiads modestly shield their nakedness behind the leafy adornments embossed at the center of the elaborate brass grilles that decorate the elevators, the air vents, and much of the lobby.
Vainly now the floating Naiads Seek to pierce the laurel maze, Nought but laurel meets their glances, Laurel glistens as they gaze.
Nymphs and naiads, sweetly smiling, Urge her bark with pearly hand, Merrily the sylph beguiling From the nooks of fairy-land.
The Fairies shriek and fly into the trees and the Naiads disappear under the water.