napaeus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

năpaeus, a, um, adj., = ναπαῖος,

I of or belonging to a wooded vale or dell : nymphae napaeae, dell-nymphs , Col. poët. 10, 264. —Hence,

II Subst.: Năpaeae , ārum, f., the dell-nymphs : faciles venerare Napaeas, Verg. G. 4, 535; Stat. Th. 4, 255; Nemes. Ecl. 2, 20.