λιμήν
Τί ὕπνος; Καμάτων ἀνάπαυσις, ἰατρῶν κατόρθωμα, δεδεμένων λύσις, ἀγρυπνούντων σοφία, νοσούντων εὐχή, θανάτου εἰκών, ταλαιπωρούντων ἐπιθυμία, πάσης πνοῆς ἡσυχία, πλουσίων ἐπιτήδευμα, πενήτων ἀδολεσχία, καθημερινὴ μελέτη. → What is sleep? Rest from toil, the success of physicians, the release of those who are bound, the wisdom of the wakeful, what sick men pray for, an image of death, the desire of those who toil in hardship, the rest of all the spirit, a principal occupation of the rich, the idle chatter of poor men, a daily object of concern.
English (LSJ)
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.).
