λῑμός, οῦ, ὁ
(Doric dialect ἡ, accusative to [[ 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 164, used by the Megarian in 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 743, compare 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 2.17, 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus “fragment” 14.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Λ. ἔχων γυναικὸς μορφήν Callisth. cited in [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 10.452b; also “hymnus ad Cererem” 311, Callias Epigrammaticus “anonymous fragment” 43, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.84.9, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.89 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus), NT.Luke.15.14, NT.Act.11.28)] NT+2nd c.BC+]:—hunger, famine, δίψα τε καὶ λ. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.166; λιμῷ θανέειν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.342; λιμὸν ὁμοῦ καὶ λοιμόν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 243, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.54; λ. αἰανής 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.49; λιμῷ συνεστεῶτας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.170; σκότῳ λ. ξύνοικος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1642; δείπνου προφήτην λιμόν 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 217.23; ἅπανθ᾽ ὁ λ. γλυκέα πλὴν αὑτοῦ ποιεῖ [prev. author] 293; ὁ δὲ λ. ἐστιν ἀθανασίας φάρμακον [prev. author] 86.6: proverbial, ἀπολεῖτε λιμῷ Μηλίῳ] Refs 8th c.BC+], referring to the siege of Melos, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 186: _metaphorically_, ἤδη γὰρ εἶδον.. λιμόν τ᾽ ἐν ἀνδρὸς πλουσίου φρονήματι, γνώμην δὲ μεγάλην ἐν πένητι σώματι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 371. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II a hungry wretch, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Κόλαξ” 78, 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 26.12, 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1828.6. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]