Λῆμνος
See also: Λήμνος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Λᾶμνος (Lâmnos) – Doric
Etymology
From Phoenician 𐤋𐤁𐤍 (lbn), from Proto-Semitic *laban- (“white”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lɛ̂ːm.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈle̝m.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlim.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlim.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlim.nos/
Proper noun
Λῆμνος • (Lêmnos) f (genitive Λήμνου); second declension
- Lemnos
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.593
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 8.283
- 300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 1.851
Declension
Second declension of ἡ Λῆμνος; τῆς Λήμνου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Λῆμνος hē Lêmnos | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Λήμνου tês Lḗmnou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Λήμνῳ têi Lḗmnōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Λῆμνον tḕn Lêmnon | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Λῆμνε Lêmne | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms
- Αἰθᾰ́λειᾰ (Aitháleia), Δῐ́πολῐς (Dípolis), Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη (Hupsipúlē)
Derived terms
- Λαμνόθεν (Lamnóthen)
- Λήμνῐος (Lḗmnios)
- Λημνῐᾰκός (Lēmniakós)
- Λημνῐᾰ́ς (Lēmniás)
- Λημνίς (Lēmnís)
Descendants
- English: Lemnos
- Latin: Lēmnos
- Greek: Λήμνος (Límnos)
- → Ottoman Turkish: لمنی (Limni)
- Turkish: Limni
Further reading
- “Λῆμνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Λῆμνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Λῆμνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015