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λιμήν

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λιμήν λιμένος

Structure: λιμην (Stem)

Sense

  1. a harbour, haven, creek, havens of refuge from
  2. a haven, retreat, refuge, a haven of, a harbour of refuge
  3. a place of resort, receptacle, filled

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λιμήν λιμένε λιμένες
Genitive λιμένος λιμένοιν λιμένων
Dative λιμένι λιμένοιν λιμέσιν*
Accusative λιμένα λιμένε λιμένας
Vocative λιμήν λιμένε λιμένες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐν δὲ λιμὴν ἐύορμοσ ἀμαιμακέτοιο θαλάσσησ κυκλοτερὴσ ἐτέτυκτο πανέφθου κασσιτέροιο κλυζομένῳ ἴκελοσ· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 22:1)
  • λιμήν, ὃσ ἀπέχει Τραπεζοῦντοσ σταδίουσ ὀγδοήκοντα καὶ ἑκατόν, καὶ τὸν Ὄφιν, ὃσ ἀπέχει Ὕσσου λιμένοσ ἐσ ἐνενήκοντα σταδίουσ μάλιστα καὶ ὁρίζει τὴν Κόλχων χώραν ἀπὸ τῆσ Θιαννικῆσ. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 7 2:1)
  • ὁ δὲ Κάλπησ λιμὴν ὁποῖόν τι χωρίον ἐστιν καὶ ὁποῖοσ ὁρ́μοσ, καὶ ὅτι πηγὴ ἐν αὐτῷ ψυχροῦ καὶ καθαροῦ ὕδατοσ, καὶ ὅτι ὗλαι πρὸσ τῇ θαλάσσῃ ξύλων ναυπηγησίμων, καὶ αὗται ἔνθηροι, ταῦτα Ξενοφῶντι τῷ πρεσβυτέρῳ λέλεκται. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 12 7:1)
  • λιμὴν ὑπὸ τῇ νησῖδι. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 13 2:1)
  • λιμὴν αὐτόθι. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 14 6:5)

Synonyms

  1. a harbour

  2. a haven

Similar forms

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

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