napaeus

năpaeus, a, um, adj., = ναπαῖος,

• 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.

napaeus, a, um (ναπαῖος), zum Waldtale gehörig, napaeae nymphae, Talnymphen, Nymphen der Bergtäler, in denen Herden weiden, Colum. poët. 10, 264. – dies. gew. subst. bl. Napaeae, Verg. u.a.

napaeus [CL < ναπαῖος] , of wooded valleys, (deae ~aeae or sim.) nymphs of wooded valleys. b (as sb. f. pl., understood as) goddesses of flowers or wild flowers. et curare deas quas continet unda napeas R. Cant. Malch. IV 219; Naides insequitur, Driades quoque sepe napeas Neckam DS II 57.  b ~ee, dee florum vel flores agrestes Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 385.