tágide
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Tagus. The term was coined by André de Resende.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: tá‧gi‧de
Noun edit
tágide f (plural tágides)
- (Portuguese mythology) a water nymph dwelling in the Tagus river
- 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 1st canto:
- E vós, Tágides minhas
- And you, my Tagian Nymphs
- Synonym: ninfa
- 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 1st canto: