λιμήν
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Ablaut derivation from Proto-Indo-European *léymō. See λειμών (leimṓn) for a descendant in a different ablaut grade.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /li.mɛ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /liˈme̝n/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /liˈmin/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /liˈmin/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /liˈmin/
Noun
λῐμήν • (limḗn) m (genitive λῐμένος); third declension
- harbor
- (figuratively) a haven, retreat, refuge
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ λῐμήν ho limḗn |
τὼ λῐμένε tṑ liméne |
οἱ λῐμένες hoi liménes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λῐμένος toû liménos |
τοῖν λῐμένοιν toîn liménoin |
τῶν λῐμένων tôn liménōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λῐμένῐ tôi liméni |
τοῖν λῐμένοιν toîn liménoin |
τοῖς λῐμέσῐ / λῐμέσῐν toîs limési(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν λῐμένᾰ tòn liména |
τὼ λῐμένε tṑ liméne |
τοὺς λῐμένᾰς toùs liménas | ||||||||||
Vocative | λῐμήν limḗn |
λῐμένε liméne |
λῐμένες liménes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 843
Further reading
- “λιμήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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