Lemnos

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Λῆμνος, ἡ.

of Lemnos, adj.: Λήμνιος.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Lemnos: and Lemnus, i, f., = Λῆμνος,
I the island of Lemnos, in the Ægean Sea; in mythology, the abode of Vulcan; it was also here that Philoctetes was left behind; now Lemno or Stalimeni, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 4; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 49; Mel. 2, 7, 8; Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 73; Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 55; id. Fat. 16, 36; Ov. M. 13, 46; 313; Stat. Th. 5, 49; Val. Fl. 2, 87 et saep.—
II Hence,
   A Lemnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lemnos, Lemnian: quia tibi alia est sponsa locuples Lemnia, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 25: litora, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 11 Müll.: furtum, i. e. of Prometheus, who stole the fire from Vulcan at Lemnos, Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23: saxum, id. Fin. 2, 29, 94: pater, i. e. Vulcan, Verg. A. 8, 454: turba, the women of Lemnos, who in one night all killed their husbands, Ov. Ib. 398: rubrica, a kind of red chalk, Plin. 28, 8, 24, § 88; 29, 5, 33, § 104.—Absol.: Lemnĭus, i, m., Vulcan: Lemnius extemplo valvas patefecit eburnas, Ov. M. 4, 185.—Subst.: Lemnii, ōrum, m., inhabitants of Lemnos, Lemnians, Nep. Milt. 1.—
   B Lemnĭăcus, a, um, adj., Lemnian: nec major ab antris Lemniacis fragor est, i. e. Vulcan's forge in Lemnos, Stat. S. 3, 1, 131: catenae, the fetters made by Vulcan in Lemnos with which to bind Venus and Mars, id. Th. 3, 274; Mart. 5, 7, 7.—
   C Lemnĭen-sis, e, adj., Lemnian: sua cognata Lemniensis, from Lemnos, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 99. —
   D Lemnĭas, ădis, f., = Λημνιάς, a Lemnian woman, Ov. H. 6, 53.—With Gr. form of dat. plur.: Lemniasi gladios in mea damna dabo, Ov. A. A. 3, 672.—Adj.: exsul, i. e. Hypsipyle, Stat. Th. 5, 500.—
   E Lem-nĭcŏla, ae, m., the dweller in Lemnos, a surname of Vulcan: Lemnicolae stirps, i. e. Erichthonius, son of Vulcan, Ov. M. 2, 757.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Lēmnŏs (-us), ī, f. (Λῆμνος), Lemnos [île de la mer Égée, où Vulcain fut élevé] : Cic. Nat. 3, 55 ; Ov. M. 13, 46 ; Plin. 4, 73.

Latin > German (Georges)

Lēmnos (-us), ī, f. (Λημνος), Insel des Ägäischen Meeres, in der Sage Hauptsitz Vulkans, j. Stalimene, Ter. Phorm. 942. Nep. Milt. 1 sq.: Vulcania Lemnos, Val. Flacc. 4, 440. – Dav.: a) Lēmnias, adis, f. (Λημνιάς), lemnisch, subst., die Lemnierin, Ov.: griech. Dat. Plur. Lemniasi, Ov. art. am. 3, 672. – b) Lēmniacus, a, um, lemnisch, antra, Werkstatt Vulkans auf Lemnos, Stat.: catenae, die Ketten, die Vulkan in Lemnos verfertigte, um Mars u. Venus zu fesseln, Mart. u. Stat. – c) Lēmnius, a, um (Λήμνιος), lemnisch, von Lemnos, Apollodorus Lemnius, Varro: Lemnius pater, Verg., u. subst. bl. Lemnius, Ov., Vulkan: rubrica, lemnischer Rötel, unser Bolus, Plin.: furtum, des Prometheus, der dem Vulkan von Lemnos das Feuer entwendete, Cic.: turba, lemnische Weiber, die in einer Nacht alle Männer umbrachten, Ov. – Plur. subst., Lēmniī, ōrum, m., die Einwohner von Lemnos, die Lemnier, Nep.