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λιμν-αῖος

limnaios

of, from the marsh, water

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Where it lives

De aere aquis et locis 1 · 1.35/10k
Birds 1 · 0.94/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

λιμν-αῖος · limn-aios — LSJ

of, from the marsh, water, water

of or from the marsh, ὄρνιθας χερσαίους καὶ λ. both land-fowl and water-fowl, Hdt. 7.119, cf. Ar. Av. 272; of the crocodile, ἐὸν . . τετράπουν, χερσαῖον καὶ λ. ἐστι Hdt. 2.68; λ. κρηνῶν τέκνα, of frogs, Ar. Ra. 211; of the beaver, Nic. Al. 307; of an eel, Diph.Siph. ap. Ath. 8.355d (vulg. λιμνία) λ. φυτόν water-plant, Plu. Pyth. 2.399f.

2 stagnant

of water, stagnant, Hp. Aër. 7.

3 of, for marshes

of or for marshes, λ. πλοῖον, σκάφος, PLond. 2.317.9 (ii A.D.), Hld. 1.31; λ. ἄνεμοι Hsch.

II of, from Limnae, a temple of Artemis at Limnae

(Λίμναι) of or from Limnae, epith. of Dionysus, from his temple there, Call. Fr. 37 P.: but Λιμναῖον, τό, a temple of Artemis at Limnae, on the borders of Laconia and Messenia, Str. 8.4.9, cf. Paus. 3.2.6: hence she was called Λιμνᾶτις v. λιμνήτης; also Λιμναία, epith. of Artemis at Sicyon and elsewhere, Id. 2.7.6, etc.

In the wild

λιμναῖος · limnaios Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 231)
λιμναίους · limnaious Herodotus, Histories 7.119.2 (DIORISIS sentence 7734)
λιμναῖά · limnaia Hippocrates, De aere aquis et locis 24 (DIORISIS sentence 446)

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