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Λήμνιος

Λήμνιος, Lemnian

Λήμνιος -α -ον [Λῆμνος] from Lemnos Soph. Ph. 986, al. Aristoph. Lys. 299, al. etc.; οἱ Λ. inhabit. of Lemnos Thuc. 7.57.2, al. etc.; κακῶν δὲ πρεσβεύεται τὸ Λήμνιον λόγῳ the most often-mentioned of all massacres is the Lemnian one (the killing of the men by the women) Aeschl. Ch. 631 | medic. λημνία sc. γῆ Lemnian earth, in the composition of medicines Gal. 13.97, 14.120 ‖ fig. violent, perverse, dreadful Hdt. 6.138.4 etc.

● Dor. Λά̄μνιος.

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