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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λίμνη λίμνᾱ λίμναι
Genitive λίμνης λίμναιν λιμνῶν
Dative λίμνῃ λίμναιν λίμναις
Accusative λίμνην λίμνᾱ λίμνᾱς
Vocative λίμνη λίμνᾱ λίμναι

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

  • καὶ τὰ ἄλλα τὰ ἀνήκοντα ἡμῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν τῶν δεκατῶν καὶ τῶν τελῶν τῶν ἀνηκόντων ἡμῖν καὶ τὰσ τοῦ ἁλὸσ λίμνασ καὶ τοὺσ ἀνήκοντασ ἡμῖν στεφάνουσ, πάντα ἐπαρκῶσ παρίεμεν αὐτοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 11:35)
  • ἔθετο ἔρημον εἰσ λίμνασ ὑδάτων καὶ γῆν ἄνυδρον εἰσ διεξόδουσ ὑδάτων. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 106:35)
  • τοῦ στρέψαντοσ τὴν πέτραν εἰσ λίμνασ ὑδάτων καὶ τὴν ἀκρότομον εἰσ πηγὰσ ὑδάτων. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 113:8)
  • αὔρα, ποντιὰσ αὔρα, ἅτε ποντοπόρουσ κομί‐ ζεισ θοὰσ ἀκάτουσ ἐπ’ οἶδμα λίμνασ, ποῖ με τὰν μελέαν πορεύ‐ σεισ; (Euripides, Hecuba, choral, strophe 11)
  • τὸν ἱππευτάν τ’ Ἀμαζό‐ νων στρατὸν Μαιῶτιν ἀμφὶ πολυπόταμον ἔβα δι’ Ἄ‐ ξεινον οἶδμα λίμνασ, τίν’ οὐκ ἀφ’ Ἑλλανίασ ἄγορον ἁλίσασ φίλων, κόρασ Ἀρείασ πέπλων χρυσεόστολον φάροσ, ζωστῆροσ ὀλεθρίουσ ἄγρασ. (Euripides, Heracles, choral, strophe 31)

Synonyms

  1. sea

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