λίμνη
λίμν-η,
ἡ,
A). pool of standing water left by the sea or a river,
Il. 21.317 : hence,
marshy lake, mere, distd. from
ἕλος,
Pl. Criti. 114e ,
Lg. 824c ;
Βοιβηΐς λ. Il. 2.711 ;
Γυγαίη ib.
865 ;
Κηφισίς 5.709 ;
λ. Γοργῶπις A. Ag. 302 ;
Μαιῶτις Id. Pr. 419 (lyr.), cf.
729 ,
Pers. 871 (lyr.),
Hdt. 4.86 ;
ἡ Βόλβη λ. Th. 4.103 ;
λ. τροχοειδής, at Delos,
Hdt. 2.170 , cf.
A. Eu. 9 .
b). also,
artificial pool or
basin,
Hdt. 1.185 ,
191 , al.,
SIG 799 ii 3 (Cyzic., i A.D.).
II). Λίμναι,, (used without the article),
a quarter of Athens (once prob.
marshy), near the Acropolis, in which stood the Lenaeum,
Ar. Ra. 216 ,
Th. 2.15 ,
Is. 8.35 , etc., cf.
λιμναῖος 11 .
ShortDef
a pool of standing water; a lake
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Headword (normalized/stripped):
λιμνη
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">λίμν-η</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pool of standing water</span> left by the sea or a river, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:317" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.317/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 21.317 </a>: hence, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">marshy lake, mere</span>, distd. from <span class="foreign greek">ἕλος</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:114e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:114e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Criti.</span> 114e </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:824c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:824c/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 824c </a>; <span class="quote greek">Βοιβηΐς λ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:711" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.711/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.711 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">Γυγαίη</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:865" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:865/canonical-url/"> 865 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Κηφισίς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:709" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.709/canonical-url/"> 5.709 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λ. Γοργῶπις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:302" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:302/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 302 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Μαιῶτις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:419" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:419/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 419 </a> (lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:729" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:729/canonical-url/"> 729 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:871" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:871/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 871 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:86" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.86/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.86 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἡ Βόλβη λ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:103" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.103/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.103 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">λ. τροχοειδής</span>, at Delos, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:170" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.170/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.170 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 9 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> also, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">artificial pool</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">basin</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:185" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.185/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.185 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:191" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:191/canonical-url/"> 191 </a>, al., <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 799 ii 3 </span> (Cyzic., i A.D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> and other Poets, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the sea</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:79" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.79/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.79 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 3.1 </a>; <span class="quote greek">βένθεσι λίμνης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 13.21 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:32/canonical-url/"> 32 </a>: so in Trag. in lyr., <span class="quote greek">λίμνᾳ πορφυροειδεῖ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:529" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:529/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 529 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐπ’ οἶδμα λίμνας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:476" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:476/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 476 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:446" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:446/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 446 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Πόσειδον, ὃς γλαυκᾶς μέδεις .. λίμνας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:371" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:371/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 371 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">Μηλίδα πὰρ λ.</span> by the Malian <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bay</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:636" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:636/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 636 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">Λίμναι,</span>, (used without the article), <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a quarter of Athens</span> (once prob. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">marshy</span>), near the Acropolis, in which stood the Lenaeum, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:216" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:216/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 216 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.15 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg008.perseus-grc1:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg008.perseus-grc1:35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Is.</span> 8.35 </a>, etc., cf. <span class="quote greek">λιμναῖος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a quarter</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">suburb of Sparta</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:5:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:5:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 8.5.1 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a place in Messenia</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:4:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:4:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 8.4.9 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}