Λῆμνος

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See also: Λήμνος

Ancient Greek

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Lemnos

Alternative forms

Λᾶμνος (Lâmnos) — Doric

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤋𐤁𐤍 (lbn), from Proto-Semitic *laban- (“white”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɛ̂ːm.nos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle̝m.nos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlim.nos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlim.nos/
(15^th 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
Nominative	ἡ Λῆμνος hē Lêmnos
Genitive	τῆς Λήμνου tês Lḗmnou
Dative	τῇ Λήμνῳ têi Lḗmnōi
Accusative	τὴν Λῆμνον tḕn Lêmnon
Vocative	Λῆμνε Lêmne
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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

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