1. λειμών · leimōn — Beekes
The corpus record
λειμών
leimon
moist, grassy place, humid meadow
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Where it lives
- Frogs 5 · 5.49/10k
- Suppliant Maidens 2 · 4.15/10k
- Iphigenia in Aulis 3 · 3.36/10k
- Trachiniae 2 · 2.75/10k
- Ajax 2 · 2.54/10k
- On Hunting 2 · 2.2/10k
- Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
- Birds 2 · 1.88/10k
- Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
- Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
- Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
- De aere aquis et locis 1 · 1.35/10k
Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. λειμών · leimōn — Chantraine
3. λειμών · leimōn — Chantraine
4. λειμών · leimōn — Chantraine
5. λειμών · leimōn — Frisk
6. λειμών · leimōn — Frisk
7. λειμών · leimōn — Frisk
8. λειμών · leimōn — LSJ
any moist, grassy place, meadow, Il. 2.467, etc.; ἀμφὶ δὲ λειμῶνες μαλακοὶ ἴου ἠδὲ σελίνου θήλεον Od. 5.72; μαλακὸς λ. Hes. Th. 279; βαθύς A. Pr. 653; λ. βούχιλος, βουθερής, Id. Supp. 540 (lyr.), S. Tr. 188: metaph., λειμῶνα Μουσῶν δρέπων Ar. Ra. 1300; ἐς λειμῶνα ποταμίων ποτῶν into the smooth river-water, S. Fr. 659; χυτῆς λειμὼν θαλάσσης, of a sponge, AP 6.66.7 (Paul.Sil.); πλούτου καὶ νεότητος λειμῶνας ἀφθόνους Pl. Sph. 222a, cf. Phdr. 248c.
flowers, Ὧραι λειμῶνας βρύουσι Him. Or. 1.19.
pudenda muliebria, E. Cyc. 171.
later, freq. metaph. for any bright, flowery surface, as a blooming face, a peacockʼs tail, Ach.Tat. 1.19, 1.16; an embroidered robe, λ. ὁ περὶ τὰς ἐσθῆτας Philostr. Im. 2.1; also λ. λέξεων, title of work by Pamphilus, Suid. Praef., cf. Plin. HN Praef. 24, Gell. Praef. 6:—and as Dim. λειμωνάριον, τό, Phot. Bibl. p.161 B.
In the wild
- λειμῶνα · leimōna Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 651–654
- λειμῶνα · leimōna Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 538–546
- λειμῶνα · leimōna Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 556–564
- λειμώνων · leimōnōn Aristophanes, Birds 1 (DIORISIS sentence 808)
- λειμῶνά · leimōna Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 213)
- λειμῶνα · leimōna Aristophanes, Frogs 1298–1300
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. λειμών (scan pp. 890-891; entry #3702).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λειμών (scan p. 644; entry #4744).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. λειμών (scan pp. 1070-1071; entry #3525).
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