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Λῆμνος

lemnos

man from Lemnos} ra-mi-ni-ja /lamniai/ ‘Lemnian women

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Where it lives

First Philippic 3 · 9.14/10k
On Halonnesus 1 · 4.11/10k
Philoctetes 3 · 3.41/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Athenian Constitution 3 · 1.84/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Against Neaera 1 · 1.1/10k
Iliad 11 · 0.99/10k
Histories 15 · 0.82/10k
Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. Λῆμνος · Lēmnos — Beekes

Λῆμνος [f.] a Greek island «PG> *eDIAL Myc. ra-mi-ni-jo /lamnios/ ‘man from Lemnos} ra-mi-ni-ja /lamniai/ ‘Lemnian women’. Dor. λᾶμνος, *DER Anuvioc, Λημνιακός ‘Lemnian’. *ETYM No doubt a Pre-Greek name, note the suffix -μνο-. Afjv [v.] ‘want’. =A@. — [Beekes, s.v. Λῆμνος, p. 904]

2. Λῆμνος · Lēmnos — Chantraine

Λῆμνος : dor. Aäuvos île grecque. Le mycénien fournit les dérivés Λάμνιος, f. pl. Aëuviæ, voir ChadwickBaumbach 218. Le grec postérieur ἃ un dérivé λημνίσκος « liens, bandes » de laine ou d'autre matière utilisés pour des couronnes des guirlandes (inser. ire 8. av., Plb., AP), employés comme bandage par les médec. Le mot est glosé Anuvloxouc “τὰς ταινίας. Συρακούσιοι (Hsch.}. Une dérivation d'un nom de lieu n’étonne … — [Chantraine, s.v. Λῆμνος, p. 654]

3. Λῆμνος · Lēmnos — LSJ

Lemnos, from Lemnos, Lemnian

Lemnos, Il. 1.593, al., Od. 8.283; sacred to Hephaestus, Sch. A.R. 1.851, etc.: Λαμνόθεν, Adv. from Lemnos, Pi. P. 1.52:—Adj. Λήμνιος, α, ον, Lemnian, πῦρ S. Ph. 800, Ar. Lys. 299; Λ. ἔργα, prov. from the wickedness of certain Lemnian women, Hdt. 6.138, cf. A. Ch. 631 (lyr.); Λ. ἄμπελοι Ar. Pax 1162:—also Λημνιακός, Dor. Λαμν- Call. Fr. 1.44 P.:—also fem. Λημνιάς( Λαμνιάς), άδος, Pi. O. 4.22; Λημνίς, ίδος, μίλτος Nic. Th. 865.

In the wild

Λήμνου · Lēmnou Aeschylus, Agamemnon 283
Λῆμνον · Lēmnon Aeschylus, Persians 879–897
Λήμνῳ · Lēmnōi Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..61 (DIORISIS sentence 745)
Λῆμνον · Lēmnon Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..61 (DIORISIS sentence 745)
Λῆμνον · Lēmnon Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..62 (DIORISIS sentence 756)
Λήμνου · Lēmnou Demosthenes, Against Neaera Speaker.3 (DIORISIS sentence 8)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. Λῆμνος (scan p. 904; entry #3747).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. Λῆμνος (scan p. 654; entry #4814).

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