Λῆμνος

See also: Λήμνος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Λᾶμνος (Lâmnos) — Doric

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Λῆμνος • (Lêmnos) f (genitive Λήμνου); second declension

  1. Lemnos

Declension

Second declension of ἡ Λῆμνος; τῆς Λήμνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Λῆμνος
hē Lêmnos
Genitive τῆς Λήμνου
tês Lḗmnou
Dative τῇ Λήμνῳ
tēî 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

Derived terms

  • Λαμνόθεν (Lamnóthen)
  • Λήμνῐος (Lḗmnĭos)
  • Λημνῐᾰκός (Lēmnĭăkós)
  • Λημνῐᾰ́ς (Lēmnĭắs)
  • Λημνίς (Lēmnís)

Descendants

  • English: Lemnos
  • Latin: Lēmnos
  • Greek: Λήμνος (Límnos)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: لمنی (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
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