† Napaean.

Forms: 1500s Napaea, 1500s Napees (plural), 1500s–1600s 1800s Napeae (plural), 1600s Napaeas (plural), 1600s Napaee (plural), 1600s Napeas (plural), 1600s–1800s Napaeae (plural); also Scottish pre-1700 Napee (plural).

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French Napée; Latin Napaea.

Etymology: < Middle French, French Napée (c1425) and its etymon classical Latin Napaea nymph of wooded valleys < ancient Greek ναπαία, feminine (used as noun in Latin) of ναπαῖος of a wooded valley or dell < νάπη a wooded valley or dell, of unknown origin + -ιος, suffix forming adjectives. Compare Italian napea (a1406), Spanish napea (a1536). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (năpī·ă) /nəˈpiːə/.

Chiefly literary. Obsolete.

A nymph who inhabits woods; (occasionally also) a mountain or river nymph.Originally in Greek Mythology, though adopted in classically influenced poetry.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > nymph > dryad

hamadryad1390

Napaea?1553

dryad1555

sylvan1565

wood-nymph1577

sylvester1657

Napaean1753

Napaead1818

tree-nymph1831

?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 884 in Shorter Poems (1967) 60 Nereides, Aones, Napee.

1596 R. Linche Dom Diego in Diella sig. E6^v Wrought in a frizled guise, as it had been made for Napæa, Mountaines chiefest Queene.

1598 B. Yong tr. G. Polo Enamoured Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 494 Hamadriades and Napees faire With strowing Roses, do prepare The way before their Queene.

1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 i. iii. xi O ye Napeas and Driades, which do wontedly inhabite the Thickets and Groues.

1617 W. Drummond Forth Feasting sig. A3^v O Naïds deare (saide they) Napæas faire, O Nymphes of Trees, Nymphes which on Hills repaire.

1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον iii. 68 Come warble morous anthems, call to be Partakers in thy mirth the Napææ, That haunt arbusted groves.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. viii. 160 Those Sounds, which..issue from the Mouths, and sometimes from the Nostrils of those fair River Nymphs, ycleped of old the Napææ, or the Naïades.

1866 W. T. Brande & G. W. Cox Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art II. 693 The Oceanides were nymphs of the ocean;..the Napææ dwelt in forests.

1868 Ld. Lytton Orval in New Poems II. 411 Bring offerings, and imploring peace, revere The mild Napææ that to votive gifts, In wrath relentful, light forgiveness grant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	napaea
释义	† Napaean. Forms: 1500s Napaea, 1500s Napees (plural), 1500s–1600s 1800s Napeae (plural), 1600s Napaeas (plural), 1600s Napaee (plural), 1600s Napeas (plural), 1600s–1800s Napaeae (plural); also Scottish pre-1700 Napee (plural). Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French Napée; Latin Napaea. Etymology: < Middle French, French Napée (c1425) and its etymon classical Latin Napaea nymph of wooded valleys < ancient Greek ναπαία, feminine (used as noun in Latin) of ναπαῖος of a wooded valley or dell < νάπη a wooded valley or dell, of unknown origin + -ιος, suffix forming adjectives. Compare Italian napea (a1406), Spanish napea (a1536). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (năpī·ă) /nəˈpiːə/. Chiefly literary. Obsolete. A nymph who inhabits woods; (occasionally also) a mountain or river nymph.Originally in Greek Mythology, though adopted in classically influenced poetry. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > nymph > dryad hamadryad1390 Napaea?1553 dryad1555 sylvan1565 wood-nymph1577 sylvester1657 Napaean1753 Napaead1818 tree-nymph1831 ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 884 in Shorter Poems (1967) 60 Nereides, Aones, Napee. 1596 R. Linche Dom Diego in Diella sig. E6^v Wrought in a frizled guise, as it had been made for Napæa, Mountaines chiefest Queene. 1598 B. Yong tr. G. Polo Enamoured Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 494 Hamadriades and Napees faire With strowing Roses, do prepare The way before their Queene. 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 i. iii. xi O ye Napeas and Driades, which do wontedly inhabite the Thickets and Groues. 1617 W. Drummond Forth Feasting sig. A3^v O Naïds deare (saide they) Napæas faire, O Nymphes of Trees, Nymphes which on Hills repaire. 1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον iii. 68 Come warble morous anthems, call to be Partakers in thy mirth the Napææ, That haunt arbusted groves. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. viii. 160 Those Sounds, which..issue from the Mouths, and sometimes from the Nostrils of those fair River Nymphs, ycleped of old the Napææ, or the Naïades. View more context for this quotation 1866 W. T. Brande & G. W. Cox Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art II. 693 The Oceanides were nymphs of the ocean;..the Napææ dwelt in forests. 1868 Ld. Lytton Orval in New Poems II. 411 Bring offerings, and imploring peace, revere The mild Napææ that to votive gifts, In wrath relentful, light forgiveness grant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.?1553
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