Definisjon av naiad

Vi fant 5 definisjoner av naiad på engelsk.

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Noun
naiad - (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains
		water nymph (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water
naiad - submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
		water nymph
		aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth

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Substantiv
naiad - A female deity nymph associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
naiad - The aquatic larva nymph of a dragonfly or damselfly.

The Naiads or Naiades (Ναϊάδες from the Greek νάειν, "to flow," and νἃμα, "running water") were a type of nymph who presided over fountains, wells, springs, streams, and brooks. 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 Argolid. 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.

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