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λίμνη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λίμνη λίμνης

Structure: λιμν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: lei/bw

Sense

  1. lake, marsh, basin
  2. sea

Declension

First declension

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

  • προσεπιτέρπεται δ’ ὁ φορμικτὰσ Ἀπόλλων, ἕνεκα δόνακοσ, ὃν ὑπολύριον ἔνυδρον ἐν λίμναισ τρέφω. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Prologue, trochees 1:6)
  • τῶν δὲ τελείωσ ἐν τοῖσ ποταμοῖσ καὶ λίμναισ βιοτευόντων ἀμείνουσ εἰσὶν οἱ ποτάμιοι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 56 2:1)
  • φύεται δ’ οὗτοσ ἐν λίμναισ θέρουσ ὡρ́ᾳ, καὶ εἰσὶν αὐτοῦ χροιαὶ δύο, ἡ μὲν τῷ ῥόδῳ ἐοικυῖα· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 212)
  • πρὸσ δὲ τὰ ἱερὰ οὐ θέλων αὐτὸν προσιέναι οὐδ’ ὁμόσπονδον γενέσθαι μήπω δικασθέντα ἐκέλευσε συγκλεισθῆναί τε τὰ ἱερὰ καὶ χοᾶ οἴνου ἑκάστῳ παρατεθῆναι, τῷ πρώτῳ ἐκπιόντι εἰπὼν ἆθλον δοθήσεσθαι πλακοῦντα, παρήγγειλέ τε καὶ τοῦ πότου παυσαμένουσ τοὺσ μὲν στεφάνουσ οἷσ ἐστεφάνωντο πρὸσ τὰ ἱερὰ μὴ τιθέναι διὰ τὸ ὁμορόφουσ γενέσθαι τῷ Ὀρέστῃ, περὶ δὲ τὸν χοᾶ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ ἕκαστον περιθεῖναι καὶ τῇ ἱερείᾳ ἀποφέρειν τοὺσ στεφάνουσ πρὸσ τὸ ἐν Λίμναισ τέμενοσ, ἔπειτα θύειν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τὰ ἐπίλοιπα, καὶ ἔκτοτε τὴν ἑορτὴν κληθῆναι Χοᾶσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 49 3:1)
  • "ὁ κύαμοσ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ φύεται μὲν ἐν ἕλεσι καὶ λίμναισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 2 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. sea

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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