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|etymtx=Meaning: [[harbour]]<br />See also: s. [[λειμών]].
|etymtx=Meaning: [[harbour]]<br />See also: s. [[λειμών]].
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|mdlsjtxt=!λῐμήν, ένος, ὁ,<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[harbour]], [[haven]], [[creek]], [[whereas]] [[ὅρμος]] is [[properly]] the [[inner]] [[part]] of the [[harbour]], the [[landing]]-[[place]], Hom., etc.; in pl., Od., Soph., etc.; —also c. gen. objecti, λιμένες θαλάσσης havens of [[refuge]] from the sea, Od.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> metaph. a [[haven]], [[retreat]], [[refuge]], Theogn.; ἑταιρείας λ. a [[haven]] of [[friendship]], Soph.; λ. τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων Eur.; c. gen. objecti, χείματος λ. a [[harbour]] of [[refuge]] from the [[storm]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> a [[place]] of [[resort]], [[receptacle]], πλούτου λ. Aesch.; παντὸς οἰωνοῦ λ. Soph.; in O. T. 420, the [[sense]] seems to be—how [[will]] [[Cithaeron]] not be [[filled]] with thy cries (λιμὴν [[ἔσται]] τῆς σῆς βοῆσ)? how [[will]] it not [[reecho]] them?
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