λειμών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps related to λίμνη (límnē, “marshy lake”) and λιμήν (limḗn) via Proto-Indo-European *(s)leym- (see *léymō (“lake”)). Has been compared to Latin līmus in the "mud" and "oblique" senses, līmen (“threshold”), Latvian leja (“dale, valley”), as well as λείβω (leíbō, “to pour”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /leː.mɔ̌ːn/ → /liˈmon/ → /liˈmon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /leː.mɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /liˈmon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /liˈmon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /liˈmon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈmon/

Noun

λειμών • (leimṓn) m (genitive λειμῶνος); third declension

1. meadow

   Synonym: πῖσος (pîsos)

2. (vulgar) vagina

Declension

Third declension of ὁ λειμών; τοῦ λειμῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λειμών ho leimṓn	τὼ λειμῶνε tṑ leimône	οἱ λειμῶνες hoi leimônes
Genitive	τοῦ λειμῶνος toû leimônos	τοῖν λειμώνοιν toîn leimṓnoin	τῶν λειμώνων tôn leimṓnōn
Dative	τῷ λειμῶνῐ tôi leimônĭ	τοῖν λειμώνοιν toîn leimṓnoin	τοῖς λειμῶσῐ / λειμῶσῐν toîs leimôsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν λειμῶνᾰ tòn leimônă	τὼ λειμῶνε tṑ leimône	τοὺς λειμῶνᾰς toùs leimônăs
Vocative	λειμών leimṓn	λειμῶνε leimône	λειμῶνες leimônes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “λειμών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λειμών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “λειμών”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• λειμών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• λειμών in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “λειμών”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • field idem, page 317.
  • green idem, page 372.
  • lawn idem, page 480.
  • lea idem, page 481.
  • meadow idem, page 519.
  • paddock idem, page 588.
  • sod idem, page 791.
  • sward idem, page 846.
  • turf idem, page 901.