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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps related to λίμνη (límnē, “marshy lake”) and λιμήν (limḗn) via Proto-Indo-European *(s)leym- (see *léymō).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leː.mɔ̌ːn/ → /liˈmon/ → /liˈmon/
Noun
λειμών • (leimṓn) m (genitive λειμῶνος); third declension
- meadow
- Synonym: πῖσος (pîsos)
- (vulgar) vagina
Declension
References
- “λειμών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λειμών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “λειμών”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- λειμών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- λειμών in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “λειμών”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.