λῐμήν, ένσς, ὁ,
harbour, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.432 (here distinguished from ὅρμος, mooringplace), +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 25a, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Κανθάρου λ. a dockyard in the Piraeus, with a pun on κάνθαρος just above, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 145 (ubi see Scholia): frequently in _plural_, λιμένες νηῶν ὀχοί 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.404; λιμένες δ᾽ ἔνι ναύλοχοι αὐτῇ 4.846; λιμένες τε πάνορμοι 13.195, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 936, etc.: with _genitive_ objecti, λιμένες θαλάσσης] Refs 8th c.BC+] havens of refuge from the sea, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.418, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 207. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, haven, retreat, refuge, [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 460 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἑταιρείας λ. a haven of friendship, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 683; οὗτος.. λ. πέφανται τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 769: with _genitive_ objecti, λ. κακῶν] Refs 5th c.BC+] from ills, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 471; ὦ ναυτίλοισι χείματος λ. φανείς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 891; ὕπνον.. τῶν καμάτων λ. 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 6.20 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; λ. τῆς πλάνης ἥδε ἡ γῆ μόνη λείπεται 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.58. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 gathering-place, receptacle, πλούτου λ. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 250; μέγας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1077; παντὸς οἰωνοῦ λ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1000 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἅιδου λ. harbour of death, [[[prev. work] 1284 (Lyric poetry)] Refs]; ξείνων αἰδοῖοι λιμένες [[ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 112.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; βοῆς τῆς σῆς ποῖος οὐκ ἔσται λ.; what place shall not harbour (i.e. receive) thy cry? [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 420. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]