Definition of "nymphaea" [nymphaea]

• Originally, the white water lily; later also, a species of the genus Nymphaea. (noun)
• Plural form of nymphaeum. (noun)

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• "These include the Odeon (seating 2,000), the Roman Baths (one of the largest in Anatolia), the theater (seating 9,000), and monumental nymphaea (fountains), of which one was dedicated to Hadrian in A.D."
• "Preference given to Sagalasos under Hadrian also explains the colossal size of structures such as the Odeion (2,000 seats?), the Baths, and the Theater (9,000 seats), the presence of four monumental nymphaea (fountains), two agoras, and so many other impressive monuments, much too large and much too numerous for a city with certainly fewer than 5,000 urban dwellers."
• "In 2000 and 2001, we exposed two new nymphaea, or fountains, one built only a mere half meter in front of the other, along the north side of the agora."