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ένσς, ὁ,

   A harbour, Il.1.432 (here distd. fr. ὅρμος, mooringplace), al., Pl.Ti.25a, etc.; Κανθάρου λ. a dockyard in the Piraeus, with a pun on κάνθαρος just above, Ar.Pax145 (ubi v. Sch.): freq. in pl., λιμένες νηῶν ὀχοί Od.5.404; λιμένες δ' ἔνι ναύλοχοι αὐτῇ 4.846; λιμένες τε πάνορμοι 13.195, cf. S.Ph.936, etc.: c. gen. objecti, λιμένες θαλάσσης havens of refuge from the sea, Od.5.418, cf. Hes.Sc. 207.    II metaph., haven, retreat, refuge, Thgn.460; ἑταιρείας λ. a haven of friendship, S.Aj.683; οὗτος . . λ. πέφανται τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων E.Med.769: c. gen. objecti, λ. κακῶν from ills, A.Supp.471; ὦ ναυτίλοισι χείματος λ. φανείς E.Andr.891; ὕπνον . . τῶν καμάτων λ. Critias 6.20 D.; λ. τῆς πλάνης ἥδε ἡ γῆ μόνη λείπεται D.H.1.58.    2 gathering-place, receptacle, πλούτου λ. A.Pers.250; μέγας E.Or.1077; παντὸς οἰωνοῦ λ. S.Ant.1000; Ἅιδου λ. harbour of death, ib.1284 (lyr.); ξείνων αἰδοῖοι λιμένες Emp.112.3; βοῆς τῆς σῆς ποῖος οὐκ ἔσται λ.; what place shall not harbour (i.e. receive) thy cry? S.OT420.    III = ἀγορά in Thessaly and Paphos, IG9(2).517.42 (Larissa), Gal.Thras.32, D.Chr.11.23 (interpol.).    IV the source of birth, womb, Emp.98.3, S.OT1208 (lyr.).