Lemnos — Lewis & Short
Lemnos and Lemnus, i, f., = *lh=mnos,
I the island of Lemnos, in the Ægean Sea; in mythology, the abode of Vulcan; it was also here that Philoctetes was left behind; now Lemno or Stalimeni, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 4; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 49; Mel. 2, 7, 8; Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 73; Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 55; id. Fat. 16, 36; Ov. M. 13, 46; 313; Stat. Th. 5, 49; Val. Fl. 2, 87 et saep.—
II Hence,
A Lemnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lemnos, Lemnian:
quia tibi alia est sponsa locuples Lemnia,Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 25: litora, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 11 Müll.:
furtum,i. e. of Prometheus, who stole the fire from Vulcan at Lemnos, Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23:
saxum,id. Fin. 2, 29, 94:
pater,i. e. Vulcan, Verg. A. 8, 454:
turba,the women of Lemnos, who in one night all killed their husbands, Ov. Ib. 398:
rubrica,a kind of red chalk, Plin. 28, 8, 24, § 88; 29, 5, 33, § 104.—Absol.: Lemnĭus, i, m., Vulcan:
Lemnius extemplo valvas patefecit eburnas,Ov. M. 4, 185.—Subst.: Lemnii, ōrum, m., inhabitants of Lemnos, Lemnians, Nep. Milt. 1.—
B Lemnĭăcus, a, um, adj., Lemnian:
nec major ab antris Lemniacis fragor est,i. e. Vulcan's forge in Lemnos, Stat. S. 3, 1, 131:
catenae,the fetters made by Vulcan in Lemnos with which to bind Venus and Mars, id. Th. 3, 274; Mart. 5, 7, 7.—
C Lemnĭen-sis, e, adj., Lemnian:
sua cognata Lemniensis,from Lemnos, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 99. —
D Lemnĭas, ădis, f., = *lhmnia/s, a Lemnian woman, Ov. H. 6, 53.—With Gr. form of dat. plur.:
Lemniasi gladios in mea damna dabo,Ov. A. A. 3, 672.—Adj.:
exsul,i. e. Hypsipyle, Stat. Th. 5, 500.—
E Lem-nĭcŏla, ae, m., the dweller in Lemnos, a surname of Vulcan:
Lemnicolae stirps,i. e. Erichthonius, son of Vulcan, Ov. M. 2, 757.