Λῆμνος

See also: Λήμνος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Λᾶμνος (Lâmnos) — Doric

Etymology

From Phoenician, from Proto-Semitic *l-b-n (“white”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̂ːm.nos/ → /ˈlim.nos/ → /ˈlim.nos/

• (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

1. 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)
• 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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015