Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Λημνόθεν

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Λημνόθεν

Etym.: from Lh=mnos

Sense

  1. from Lemnos

Examples

  • καὶ ὁ Ἥλιοσ φανεὶσ ἰᾶται τὴν πήρωσιν, καὶ ὁ Ἥφαιστοσ Λημνόθεν ἐπισκοπεῖ τὸ ἔργον. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 29:1)
  • κόλακασ δ’ εἶναί φησι Φύλαρχοσ καὶ τοὺσ ἐν Λήμνῳ κατοικοῦντασ Ἀθηναίων ἐν τῇ τρισκαιδεκάτῃ τῶν ἱστοριῶν χάριν γὰρ ἀποδιδόντασ τοῖσ Σελεύκου καὶ Ἀντιόχου ἀπογόνοισ, ἐπεὶ αὐτοὺσ ὁ Σέλευκοσ πικρῶσ ἐπιστατουμένουσ ὑπὸ Λυσιμάχου οὐ μόνον ἐξείλετο, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰσ πόλεισ αὐτοῖσ ἀπέδωκεν ἀμφοτέρασ, οἱ Λημνόθεν Ἀθηναῖοι οὐ μόνον ναοὺσ κατεσκεύασαν τοῦ Σελεύκου, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ Ἀντιόχου· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 661)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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