Lemnos

See also: lemnos

English

Location of Lemnos in the Aegean Sea

Alternative forms

• Limnos

Etymology

From Greek Λήμνος (Límnos) and Ancient Greek Λῆμνος (Lêmnos).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛmnɒs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛmnɑs/

Proper noun

Lemnos

1. An island in northeastern Greece located in the Aegean Sea.

Translations

island in the northeastern Aegean Sea

• Greek: Λήμνος (el) f (Límnos)

  Ancient: Λῆμνος f (Lêmnos)

• Latin: Lēmnos f
• Ottoman Turkish: لمنی (Limni)
• Portuguese: Lemnos f
• Russian: Лемнос (Lemnos)
• Turkish: Limni, Ilımlı

Further reading

• Lemnos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Melson, Selmon, Smolen, lemons, losmen, melons, nmoles, solemn

Latin

Alternative forms

• Lēmnus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λῆμνος (Lêmnos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈleːm.nos/, [ˈɫ̪eːmnɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlem.nos/, [ˈlɛmnos]

Proper noun

Lēmnos f sg (genitive Lēmnī); second declension

1. Lemnos (an island in the northeastern Aegaean Sea)

Usage notes

• Nouns of feminine gender are rare in this declension; Lēmnos inherits its feminine gender from the Ancient Greek Λῆμνος.

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Lēmnos
genitive	Lēmnī
dative	Lēmnō
accusative	Lēmnon
ablative	Lēmnō
vocative	Lēmne
locative	Lēmnī

Synonyms

• (Lemnos: an island in the northeastern Aegaean Sea): Hypsipylē

References

• “Lemnos and Lemnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• (-us) Lemnŏs (-us) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 898/3.
• “Lemnos”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “Lemnos (⁓us)” on page 1,015/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Lemnos f

1. Lemnos (an island and regional unit of the North Aegean region, Greece)