λιμήν
λῐμήν,
ένος,
ὁ,
A). harbour,
Il. 1.432 (here distd. fr.
ὅρμος, mooringplace), al.,
Pl. Ti. 25a , etc.;
Κανθάρου λ. a dockyard in the Piraeus, with a pun on
κάνθαρος just above,
Ar. Pax 145 (ubi v. Sch.): freq. in pl.,
λιμένες νηῶν ὀχοί Od. 5.404 ;
λιμένες δ’ ἔνι ναύλοχοι αὐτῇ 4.846 ;
λιμένες τε πάνορμοι 13.195 , cf.
S. Ph. 936 , etc.: c. gen. objecti,
λιμένες θαλάσσης havens of refuge from the sea,
Od. 5.418 , cf.
Hes. Sc. 207 .
II). metaph.,
haven, retreat, refuge,
Thgn. 460 ;
ἑταιρείας λ. a haven of friendship,
S. Aj. 683 ;
οὗτος .. λ. πέφανται τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων E. Med. 769 : c. gen. objecti,
λ. κακῶν from ills,
A. Supp. 471 ;
ὦ ναυτίλοισι χείματος λ. φανείς E. Andr. 891 ;
ὕπνον .. τῶν καμάτων λ. Critias 6.20 D.;
λ. τῆς πλάνης ἥδε ἡ γῆ μόνη λείπεται D.H. 1.58 .
ShortDef
a harbour, haven, creek
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">λῐμήν</span>, <span class="itype greek">ένος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">harbour</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:432" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.432/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.432 </a> (here distd. fr. <span class="foreign greek">ὅρμος</span>, mooringplace), al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:25a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:25a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 25a </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">Κανθάρου λ.</span> a dockyard in the Piraeus, with a pun on <span class="foreign greek">κάνθαρος</span> just above, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:145" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:145/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 145 </a> (ubi v. Sch.): freq. in pl., <span class="quote greek">λιμένες νηῶν ὀχοί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:404" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.404/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.404 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λιμένες δ’ ἔνι ναύλοχοι αὐτῇ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:846" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.846/canonical-url/"> 4.846 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λιμένες τε πάνορμοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:13:195" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:13.195/canonical-url/"> 13.195 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:936" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:936/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 936 </a>, etc.: c. gen. objecti, <span class="foreign greek">λιμένες θαλάσσης</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">havens of refuge from</span> the sea, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:418" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.418/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.418 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:207" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:207/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sc.</span> 207 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">haven, retreat, refuge</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 460 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">ἑταιρείας λ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a haven of</span> friendship, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:683" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:683/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 683 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οὗτος .. λ. πέφανται τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:769" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:769/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 769 </a> : c. gen. objecti, <span class="foreign greek">λ. κακῶν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">from</span> ills, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:471" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:471/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 471 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὦ ναυτίλοισι χείματος λ. φανείς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:891" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:891/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 891 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὕπνον .. τῶν καμάτων λ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0319.tlg001:6:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0319.tlg001:6.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Critias</span> 6.20 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span></span>; <span class="quote greek">λ. τῆς πλάνης ἥδε ἡ γῆ μόνη λείπεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:1:58" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:1.58/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> 1.58 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">gathering-place, receptacle</span>, <span class="quote greek">πλούτου λ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:250" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:250/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 250 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μέγας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1077" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1077/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 1077 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">παντὸς οἰωνοῦ λ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1000" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1000/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 1000 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">Ἅιδου λ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">harbour</span> of death, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1284" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1284/canonical-url/"> 1284 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">ξείνων αἰδοῖοι λιμένες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:112:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:112.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Emp.</span> 112.3 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">βοῆς τῆς σῆς ποῖος οὐκ ἔσται λ.</span>; what place shall not <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">harbour</span> (i.e. receive) thy cry? <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:420" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:420/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 420 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">ἀγορά</span> in Thessaly and Paphos, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 9(2).517.42 </span> (Larissa), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0057.tlg033:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0057.tlg033:32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Thras.</span> 32 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0612.tlg001:11:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0612.tlg001:11.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.Chr.</span> 11.23 </a> (interpol.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the source of birth, womb</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:98:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:98.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Emp.</span> 98.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1208" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1208/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1208 </a> (lyr.).</div> </div><br><br>'}