λίμνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From or closely related to λιμήν (limḗn, “harbor”) and λειμών (leimṓn, “moist place, meadow”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lím.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlim.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlim.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlim.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlim.ni/
Noun
λῐ́μνη • (lĭ́mnē) f (genitive λῐ́μνης); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ λῐ́μνη hē lĭ́mnē |
τὼ λῐ́μνᾱ tṑ lĭ́mnā |
αἱ λῐ́μναι hai lĭ́mnai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς λῐ́μνης tês lĭ́mnēs |
τοῖν λῐ́μναιν toîn lĭ́mnain |
τῶν λῐμνῶν tôn lĭmnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ λῐ́μνῃ tēî lĭ́mnēi |
τοῖν λῐ́μναιν toîn lĭ́mnain |
ταῖς λῐ́μναις taîs lĭ́mnais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν λῐ́μνην tḕn lĭ́mnēn |
τὼ λῐ́μνᾱ tṑ lĭ́mnā |
τᾱ̀ς λῐ́μνᾱς tā̀s lĭ́mnās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λῐ́μνη lĭ́mnē |
λῐ́μνᾱ lĭ́mnā |
λῐ́μναι lĭ́mnai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- λίμνιον (límnion)
Descendants
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λειμών, -ῶνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 843-4
Further reading
- “λίμνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λίμνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “λίμνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- λίμνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- λίμνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G3041 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- λίμνη in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- alban (lake) idem, page 22.
- azov idem, page 57.
- bog idem, page 87.
- copais idem, page 173.
- fen idem, page 315.
- lake idem, page 474.
- marsh idem, page 515.
- mere idem, page 525.
- moeris (lake) idem, page 538.
- sheet idem, page 764.
- stymphalian lake idem, page 830.
- swamp idem, page 846.
Anagrams
- λιμήν (limḗn)
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek λίμνη (límnē).
Noun
λίμνη • (límni) f (plural λίμνες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | λίμνη (límni) | λίμνες (límnes) |
| genitive | λίμνης (límnis) | λιμνών (limnón) |
| accusative | λίμνη (límni) | λίμνες (límnes) |
| vocative | λίμνη (límni) | λίμνες (límnes) |
Related terms
- λιμνούλα f (limnoúla, “pond or small lake”)