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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

  • "ἄκουσον, εἴτ’ Ἀσσύριοσ εἴτε καὶ Μῆδοσ εἶσ ἢ Κόραξοσ ἢ ἀπὸ τῶν ἄνω λιμνῶν Σινδὸσ κομήτησ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 20 1:169)
  • "λιμνῶν τε γὰρ γεγόνασι καὶ ποταμῶν, ἔτι δὲ πλείονεσ ναμάτων θερμῶν ὅπου μὲν ἐκλείψεισ καὶ φθοραὶ παντάπασιν, ὅπου δ’ οἱο͂ν ἀποδράσεισ καὶ καταδύσεισ· (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 433)
  • τῆσ τε χώρασ ἡ εὐδαιμονία ὑπεκίνει αὐτόν, ὅτι ἤκουεν ἐκ μὲν τῶν λιμνῶν τὴν κασίαν γίγνεσθαι αὐτοῖσ, ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν δένδρων τὴν σμύρναν τε καὶ τὸν λιβανωτόν, ἐκ δὲ τῶν θάμνων τὸ κιννάμωμον τέμνεσθαι, οἱ λειμῶνεσ δὲ ὅτι νάρδον αὐτόματοι ἐκφέρουσι· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 7, chapter 20 2:1)
  • πολλῶν δὲ καὶ μεγάλων ποταμῶν ῥεόντων διὰ τῆσ Γαλατίασ καὶ τοῖσ ῥείθροισ ποικίλωσ τὴν πεδιάδα γῆν τεμνόντων, οἱ μὲν ἐκ λιμνῶν ἀβύσσων ῥέουσιν, οἱ δ’ ἐκ τῶν ὀρῶν ἔχουσι τὰσ πηγὰσ καὶ τὰσ ἐπιρροίασ· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 25 3:1)
  • οὕτω δὴ φύντεσ καὶ τραφέντεσ καὶ παιδευθέντεσ μέχρι μὲν ἡσύχαζε τὰ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν, οἵδ’ ἐν Θετταλίᾳ τε ἦσαν κόσμοσ πολὺ λιμνῶν τε καὶ πεδίων καὶ ποταμῶν ἐπιφανέστεροσ καὶ τοὺσ ταύτῃ Ἕλληνασ ὤρθουν, εἴσ τε τὸ κοινὸν πολιτευόμενοι τὰ ἐκείνοισ πρέποντα καὶ τὰσ ἰδίασ ἑκάστου συμφορὰσ ἐπανορθοῦντεσ, οὐδ’ ἦν νοσεῖν ὅπου φανείη Μαχάων ἢ Ποδαλείριοσ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 2:11)

Synonyms

  1. sea

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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