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|Definition=ένσς, ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[harbour]], <span class="bibl">Il.1.432</span> (here distd. fr. <b class="b3">ὅρμος</b>, mooringplace), al., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>25a</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">Κανθάρου λ</b>. a dockyard in the Piraeus, with a pun on <b class="b3">κάνθαρος</b> just above, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>145</span> (ubi v. Sch.): freq. in pl., λιμένες νηῶν ὀχοί <span class="bibl">Od.5.404</span>; λιμένες δ' ἔνι ναύλοχοι αὐτῇ <span class="bibl">4.846</span>; λιμένες τε πάνορμοι <span class="bibl">13.195</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>936</span>, etc.: c. gen. objecti, <b class="b3">λιμένες θαλάσσης</b> [[havens of refuge from]] the sea, <span class="bibl">Od.5.418</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span> 207</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[haven]], [[retreat]], [[refuge]], <span class="bibl">Thgn.460</span>; <b class="b3">ἑταιρείας λ</b>. <b class="b2">a haven of</b> friendship, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>683</span>; οὗτος… λ. πέφανται τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>769</span>: c. gen. objecti, <b class="b3">λ. κακῶν</b> [[from]] ills, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>471</span>; ὦ ναυτίλοισι χείματος λ. φανείς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>891</span>; ὕπνον… τῶν καμάτων λ. <span class="bibl">Critias 6.20</span> D.; λ. τῆς πλάνης ἥδε ἡ γῆ μόνη λείπεται <span class="bibl">D.H.1.58</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">gathering-place, receptacle</b>, πλούτου λ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>250</span>; μέγας <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1077</span>; παντὸς οἰωνοῦ λ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1000</span>; <b class="b3">Ἅιδου λ</b>. [[harbour]] of death, ib.<span class="bibl">1284</span> (lyr.); ξείνων αἰδοῖοι λιμένες <span class="bibl">Emp.112.3</span>; <b class="b3">βοῆς τῆς σῆς ποῖος οὐκ ἔσται λ</b>.; what place shall not [[harbour]] (i.e. receive) thy cry? <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>420</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> = [[ἀγορά]] in Thessaly and Paphos, <span class="title">IG</span>9(2).517.42 (Larissa), <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">Thras.</span>32</span>, <span class="bibl">D.Chr.11.23</span> (interpol.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">the source of birth, womb</b>, <span class="bibl">Emp.98.3</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1208</span> (lyr.).</span>