Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λιμναῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λιμναῖος λιμναῖη λιμναῖον

Structure: λιμναι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: li/mnh

Sense

  1. of or from the marsh or mere, water

Examples

  • ἆρά γε ἡ ἐπιφάνεια τοῦ ὕδατοσ ἐκείνου καὶ τοῦ τῆσ Προποντίδοσ οὐχ οὕτωσ εἶχεν ὥστε, μέχρι μὲν ἡ αὐτὴ ἦν, μὴ βιάζεσθαι πρὸσ ἔκρυσιν διὰ τὴν ἐξ ἴσησ ἀντέρεισιν καὶ θλῖψιν, ἐπειδὴ δὲ ὑπερεπόλασεν ἡ ἐντόσ, βιάσασθαι καὶ ἀπερᾶσαι τὸ πλεονάζον, ἐκ δὲ τούτου γενέσθαι σύρρουν τὸ ἔξω πέλαγοσ τῷ ἐντὸσ καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ἐπιφάνειαν ἐκείνῳ λαβεῖν, εἴτε θαλαττίῳ εἴτε λιμναίῳ μὲν πρότερον ὄντι, θαλαττίῳ δὲ ὕστερον, διὰ τὴν μῖξιν καὶ τὴν ἐπικράτειαν; (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 3 12:3)

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

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