λίμν-η,ἡ,
A. pool of standing waterleft by the sea or a river, Il. 21.317 : hence,marshy lake, mere, distd. fromἕλος, Pl. Criti. 114e , Lg. 824c ; Βοιβηί̈ς λ.
Il. 2.711
;Γυγαίηib. 865 ; Κηφισίς
5.709
; λ. Γοργῶπις
A. Ag. 302
; Μαιῶτις
Id. Pr. 419
(lyr.), cf. 729 , Pers. 871 (lyr.), Hdt. 4.86 ; ἡ Βόλβη λ.
Th. 4.103
;λ. τροχοειδής, at Delos, Hdt. 2.170 , cf. A. Eu. 9 .
b. also,artificial poolorbasin, Hdt. 1.185 , 191 , al., SIG 799 ii 3 (Cyzic.,i A.D.).
2. in Hom. and other Poets,the sea, Il. 24.79 , Od. 3.1 ; βένθεσι λίμνης
Il. 13.21