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Lemnos

See also: lemnos

English

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Location of Lemnos in the Aegean Sea

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Etymology

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From Greek Λήμνος (Límnos) and Ancient Greek Λῆμνος (Lêmnos).

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Lemnos

  1. An island in northeastern Greece located in the Aegean Sea.

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λῆμνος (Lêmnos).

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Lēmnos f sg (genitive Lēmnī); second declension

  1. Lemnos (an island in the northeastern Aegaean Sea)

Usage notes

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  • Nouns of feminine gender are rare in this declension; Lēmnos inherits its feminine gender from the Ancient Greek Λῆμνος.

Declension

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Second-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Lēmnos
Genitive Lēmnī
Dative Lēmnō
Accusative Lēmnon
Ablative Lēmnō
Vocative Lēmne
Locative Lēmnī

Synonyms

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  • (Lemnos: an island in the northeastern Aegaean Sea): Hypsipylē

References

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  • “Lemnos and Lemnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • (-us) Lemnŏs (-us) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 898/3.
  • “Lemnos”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • “Lemnos (⁓us)” on page 1,015/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

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Proper noun

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Lemnos f

  1. Lemnos (an island and regional unit of the North Aegean region, Greece)
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