Λῆμνος
See also: Λήμνος
Ancient Greek edit
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Etymology edit
From Phoenician 𐤋𐤁𐤍 (lbn), from Proto-Semitic *laban- (“white”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lɛ̂ːm.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈle̝m.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlim.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlim.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlim.nos/
Proper noun edit
Λῆμνος • (Lêmnos) f (genitive Λήμνου); second declension
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Further reading edit
- “Λῆμνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Λῆμνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Λῆμνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015