In this part of the country there was a grotto called the Grotto of the Nymphs, which was hollowed out of a large rock rounded at the summit.
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Grotto
//ˈɡɹɑ.toʊ//
Synonyms for "grotto" (20 found)
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52 translations across 33 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- grot noun (small cave)
Arabic
4 entries- غار noun (small cave)
- غَار noun (small cave)
- مَغارة noun (small cave)
- مَغَارَة noun (small cave)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пещера noun (small cave)
Catalan
1 entries- gruta noun (small cave)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 石窟 noun (small cave)
Czech
2 entries- grotta noun (artificial cavern-like retreat)
- jeskyňka noun (small cave)
Danish
2 entries- grotte noun (small cave)
- grotte noun (artificial cavern-like retreat)
Dutch
1 entries- grot noun (small cave)
Esperanto
2 entries- groto noun (small cave)
- groto noun (artificial cavern-like retreat)
Finnish
2 entries- luola noun (small cave)
- luola noun (artificial cavern-like retreat)
French
2 entries- grotte noun (small cave)
- grotte noun (artificial cavern-like retreat)
Galician
1 entries- gruta noun (small cave)
German
2 entries- Grotte noun (small cave)
- Grotte noun (artificial cavern-like retreat)
Hindi
3 entries- कंदरा noun (small cave)
- गार noun (small cave)
- गुहा noun (small cave)
Hungarian
1 entries- grottó noun (small cave)
Icelandic
1 entries- hellir noun (small cave)
Istriot
1 entries- gruota noun (small cave)
Italian
3 entries- caverna noun (small cave)
- grotta noun (small cave)
- santuario noun (small cave)
Japanese
2 entries- 岩屋 noun (small cave)
- 洞穴 noun (small cave)
Kazakh
1 entries- үңгір noun (small cave)
Latin
1 entries- caverna noun (small cave)
Malay
1 entries- groto noun (small cave)
Persian
2 entries- غار noun (small cave)
- مغاره noun (small cave)
Polish
1 entries- grota noun (small cave)
Portuguese
2 entries- gruta noun (small cave)
- gruta noun (artificial cavern-like retreat)
Romanian
1 entries- grotă noun (small cave)
Russian
1 entries- грот noun (small cave)
Sicilian
2 entries- grutta noun (small cave)
- grutta noun (artificial cavern-like retreat)
Spanish
2 entries- gruta noun (small cave)
- gruta noun (artificial cavern-like retreat)
Swedish
2 entries- grotta noun (small cave)
- grotta noun (artificial cavern-like retreat)
Tagalog
1 entries- gruta noun (small cave)
Turkish
1 entries- mağara noun (small cave)
Venetan
1 entries- grota noun (small cave)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Accordingly, he proceeded with Chloe to the spring, in the grotto of the Nymphs, and, having given her his tunic and scrip in charge, repaired to the water's edge to wash his hair and person.
Source: tatoeba (6212399)
As it was getting late when they left the grotto, the sun being already very low, they drove their goats and sheep homeward, and from that time forth, the one longing in Chloe's mind was to see Daphnis bathe again.
Source: tatoeba (6212403)
When noontide drew nigh they felt more ardently in love than ever; Chloe pined and languished at the sight of Daphnis's comeliness which seemed to be without flaw or blemish, and when Daphnis beheld Chloe in her fawn-skin and with the garland of pine-leaves about her brow holding out the bowl to him, he fancied that he beheld one of the Nymphs of the grotto, and drawing near he took the garland from her head and placed it on his own.
Source: tatoeba (6212510)
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