λίμνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From or closely related to λιμήν (limḗn, “harbor”) and λειμών (leimṓn, “moist place, meadow”).^[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lím.nɛː/ → /ˈlim.ni/ → /ˈlim.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lím.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlim.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlim.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlim.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlim.ni/

Noun

λῐ́μνη • (límnē) f (genitive λῐ́μνης); first declension

1. lake, marsh, basin
2. sea

Declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῐ́μνη hē límnē	τὼ λῐ́μνᾱ tṑ límnā	αἱ λῐ́μναι hai límnai
Genitive	τῆς λῐ́μνης tês límnēs	τοῖν λῐ́μναιν toîn límnain	τῶν λῐμνῶν tôn limnôn
Dative	τῇ λῐ́μνῃ têi límnēi	τοῖν λῐ́μναιν toîn límnain	ταῖς λῐ́μναις taîs límnais
Accusative	τὴν λῐ́μνην tḕn límnēn	τὼ λῐ́μνᾱ tṑ límnā	τᾱ̀ς λῐ́μνᾱς tā̀s límnās
Vocative	λῐ́μνη límnē	λῐ́μνᾱ límnā	λῐ́μναι límnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ λῐ́μνη; τῆς λῐ́μνης (Attic)

Derived terms

• λίμνιον (límnion)

Descendants

• → English: limno-
• Greek: λίμνη (límni)

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λειμών, -ῶνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 843-4

Further reading

• “λίμνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λίμνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “λίμνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• λίμνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• λίμνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G3041 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• λίμνη in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • alban (lake) idem, page 22.
  • azov idem, page 57.
  • bog idem, page 87.
  • copais idem, page 173.
  • fen idem, page 315.
  • lake idem, page 474.
  • marsh idem, page 515.
  • mere idem, page 525.
  • moeris (lake) idem, page 538.
  • sheet idem, page 764.
  • stymphalian lake idem, page 830.
  • swamp idem, page 846.

Anagrams

• λιμήν (limḗn)

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek λίμνη (límnē).

Noun

λίμνη • (límni) f (plural λίμνες)

1. lake

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	λίμνη •	λίμνες •
genitive	λίμνης •	λιμνών •
accusative	λίμνη •	λίμνες •
vocative	λίμνη •	λίμνες •

Declension of λίμνη

Related terms

• λιμνούλα f (limnoúla, “pond or small lake”)