λειμών: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῶνος, ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> any [[moist]], [[grassy]] [[place]], [[meadow]], Il.2.467, etc.; ἀμφὶ δὲ λειμῶνες μαλακοὶ ἴου ἠδὲ σελίνου θήλεον Od.5.72; μαλακὸς λειμών Hes.''Th.''279; βαθύς [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''653; λειμὼν [[βούχιλος]], λειμὼν [[βουθερής]], Id.''Supp.''540 (lyr.), S.''Tr.''188: metaph., λειμῶνα Μουσῶν δρέπων Ar.''Ra.''1300; <b class="b3">ἐς λειμῶνα ποταμίων ποτῶν</b> into the smooth [[river]]-[[water]], S.''Fr.''659; <b class="b3">χυτῆς λειμὼν θαλάσσης</b>, of a [[sponge]], ''AP''6.66.7 (Paul. Sil.); πλούτου καὶ νεότητος λειμῶνας ἀφθόνους Pl.''Sph.''222a, cf. ''Phdr.''248c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[flower]]s, Ὧραι λειμῶνας βρύουσι Him.''Or.''1.19.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[pudenda muliebria]], E.''Cyc.''171.<br><span class="bld">III</span> later, freq. metaph. for any [[bright]], [[flowery]] [[surface]], as a [[blooming]] [[face]], a [[peacock]]'s [[tail]], Ach.Tat.1.19, 1.16; an [[embroidered]] [[robe]], λειμὼν ὁ περὶ τὰς ἐσθῆτας Philostr.''Im.''2.1; also <b class="b3">λειμὼν λέξεων</b>, title of work by [[Pamphilus]], Suid.''Praef.'', cf. Plin.''HN Praef''.24, Gell. ''Praef.''6:—and as Dim. [[λειμωνάριον]], τό, Phot.''Bibl.''p.161 B.