λιμναῖος
Μὴ φεῦγ' ἑταῖρον ἐν κακοῖσι κείμενον → Ne fuge sodalem, cum calamitas ingruit → Lass einen Freund in Schwierigkeiten nicht im Stich
English (LSJ)
α, ον, (λίμνη)
A of or from the marsh, ὄρνιθας χερσαίους καὶ λ. both land-fowl and water-fowl, Hdt.7.119, cf. Ar.Av.272; of the crocodile, ἐὸν . . τετράπουν, χερσαῖον καὶ λ. ἐστι Hdt.2.68; λ. κρηνῶν τέκνα, of frogs, Ar.Ra.211; of the beaver, Nic. Al.307; of an eel, Diph.Siph. ap. Ath.8.355d (vulg. λιμνία) λ. φυτόν water-plant, Plu.2.399f. 2 of water, stagnant, Hp.Aër.7. 3 of or for marshes, λ. πλοῖον, σκάφος, PLond.2.317.9 (ii A.D.), Hld.1.31; λ. ἄνεμοι Hsch. II (Λίμναι) of or from Limnae, epith. of Dionysus, from his temple there, Call.Fr.37 P.: but Λιμναῖον, τό, a temple of Artemis at Limnae, on the borders of Laconia and Messenia, Str.8.4.9, cf. Paus.3.2.6: hence she was called Λιμνᾶτις v. λιμνήτης; also Λιμναία, epith. of Artemis at Sicyon and elsewhere, Id.2.7.6, etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 48] im See, Sumpf lebend, wachsend; ὄρνιθες λιμναῖοι, Wasservögel, im Ggstz der χερσαῖοι, Her. 7, 119; bei Ar. Ran. 211 heißen die Frösche λιμναῖα κρηνῶν τέκνα; κάστωρ, Nic. Al. 307, φρύνη, 589. Auch φυτόν, Sumpfpflanze, Plut. de Pvth. or. 12.
