The corpus record

λέμβ-ος

lembos

small fast-sailing galley

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Where it lives

Against Zenothemis 2 · 10.55/10k
Against Phormio 1 · 3.09/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

1. λέμβος · lembos — Beekes

λέμβος [m.] ‘small fast-sailing galley’ (D., Anaxandr., Hell.). «τὴν Iyr.?> «ὈξΕλεμβῶδες πλοῖον (Arist.). eETYM Lat. lembus is a loan from Greek. A foreign word without etymology; perhaps Illyrian (see the litt. in WH s.v. lembus). — [Beekes, s.v. λέμβος, p. 894]

2. λέμβος · lembos — Chantraine

λέμβος : m. « canot, chaloupe » (D., Anaxandr., hellén.), d'où λεμδῶδες πλοῖον (Arist.). Le grec moderne ἃ conservé le mot. Pas d’étymologie. Peut-être emprunté. — [Chantraine, s.v. λέμβος, p. 647]

3. λέμβος · lembos — Frisk

λέμβος m. (zum Genus vgl. Schwyzer-Debrunner 34 A. 2) “kleines schnellsegelndes Fahrzeug, Schaluppe’ (D., Anaxandr., hell.) ; λεμβῶδες πλοῖον (Arist.). — Fremdwort (vgl. Chantraino Etrennes Benveniste 3), viell. illyrischen Ursprungs (s. Lit. bei W.-Hofmann s. lembus). Ebenso Krahe Gymnasium 59, 79, u.zw. aus idg. *leng*ho-s (zu ἐλαφρός usw.). — Veraltete idg. Etymologien werden bei Βα und WP. 2, 435 abgelehnt. Lat. … — [Frisk, s.v. λέμβος, p. 1076]

4. λέμβ-ος · lemb-os — LSJ

cock-boat, parasite

a shipʼs cock-boat, D. 32.6: metaph., of a parasite, ὄπισθεν ἀκολουθεῖ κόλαξ τῳ; λέμβος ἐπικέκληται Anaxandr. 34.7.

II fishing-boat

fishing-boat, Theoc. 21.12.

2 fast-sailing galley, felucca

fast-sailing galley, felucca, used either to precede a fleet, Plb. 1.53.9; or as a light transport, Id. 2.3.1, cf. 5.109.3, SIG 569.19 (Halasarna, iii B.C.), PPetr. 2p.64 (iii B.C.).

In the wild

λέμβῳ · lembōi Demosthenes, Against Phormio 10 (DIORISIS sentence 32)
λέμβου · lembou Demosthenes, Against Zenothemis Narr.6 (DIORISIS sentence 20)
λέμβον · lembon Demosthenes, Against Zenothemis Narr.7 (DIORISIS sentence 22)
Λέμβος · Lembos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.6 (DIORISIS sentence 4658)

Where it came from

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