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λιμήν

limen · ὁ

harbour, havens of refuge from, haven, retreat, refuge

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Where it lives

Against Lacritus 5 · 14/10k
On the Accession of Alexander 2 · 11.2/10k
Critias 5 · 10.12/10k
Answer to Philip's Letter 1 · 7.76/10k
Apollodorus Against Timotheus 3 · 6.95/10k
First Olynthiac 1 · 5.49/10k
History 79 · 5.28/10k
Second Olynthiac 1 · 4.89/10k
Hellenica 30 · 4.56/10k
On the Public Fund 1 · 4.33/10k
Oeconomica II 2 · 4.25/10k
Against Apaturius 1 · 3.95/10k

Densest 12 of 69 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

λῐμήν · limēn — LSJ

harbour, havens of refuge from

harbour, Il. 1.432 (here distd. fr. ὅρμος, mooring-place), al., Pl. Ti. 25a, etc.; Κανθάρου λ. a dockyard in the Piraeus, with a pun on κάνθαρος just above, Ar. Pax 145 (ubi v. Sch.): freq. in pl., λιμένες νηῶν ὀχοί Od. 5.404; λιμένες δʼ ἔνι ναύλοχοι αὐτῇ 4.846; λιμένες τε πάνορμοι 13.195, cf. S. Ph. 936, etc.: c. gen. objecti, λιμένες θαλάσσης havens of refuge from the sea, Od. 5.418, cf. Hes. Sc. 207.

II haven, retreat, refuge, a haven of, from

metaph., haven, retreat, refuge, Thgn. 460; ἑταιρείας λ. a haven of friendship, S. Aj. 683; οὗτος . . λ. πέφανται τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων E. Med. 769: c. gen. objecti, λ. κακῶν from ills, A. Supp. 471; ὦ ναυτίλοισι χείματος λ. φανείς E. Andr. 891; ὕπνον . . τῶν καμάτων λ. Critias 6.20 D.; λ. τῆς πλάνης ἥδε ἡ γῆ μόνη λείπεται D.H. 1.58.

2 gathering-place, receptacle, harbour, harbour

gathering-place, receptacle, πλούτου λ. A. Pers. 250; μέγας E. Or. 1077; παντὸς οἰωνοῦ λ. S. Ant. 1000; Ἅιδου λ. harbour of death, ib. 1284 (lyr.); ξείνων αἰδοῖοι λιμένες Emp. 112.3; βοῆς τῆς σῆς ποῖος οὐκ ἔσται λ.; what place shall not harbour (i.e. receive) thy cry? S. OT 420.

III

= ἀγορά in Thessaly and Paphos, IG 9(2).517.42 (Larissa), Gal. Thras. 32, D.Chr. 11.23 (interpol.).

IV the source of birth, womb

the source of birth, womb, Emp. 98.3, S. OT 1208 (lyr.).

In the wild

λιμήν · limēn Aeschylus, Persians 249–252
λιμὴν · limēn Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 470–471
λιμένας · limenas Aristophanes, Frogs 108–114
λιμένων · limenōn Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 163)
λιμήν · limēn Aristophanes, Peace 145 (DIORISIS sentence 102)
λιμὴν · limēn Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 101)

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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. λιμήν (scan p. 909; entry #3769).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λιμήν (scan p. 658; entry #4841).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. λιμήν (scan p. 1096; entry #3584).

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