λιμός

See also: λοιμός and λιμό

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain, though probably connected to and from the same family of words as λοιμός (loimós, plague).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

λῑμός • (līmósm or f (genitive λῑμοῦ); second declension

  1. famine, hunger, starvation
    Synonym: πεῖνα (peîna)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: λιμός (limós) (learned)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “λῑμός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 863

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λιμός (limós, hunger, famine).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˈmos/
  • Hyphenation: λι‧μός
  • Homophone: λοιμός (loimós, epidemic)

Noun

λιμός • (limósm (plural λιμοί)

  1. famine, starvation

Declension

Declension of λιμός
singular plural
nominative λιμός (limós) λιμοί (limoí)
genitive λιμού (limoú) λιμών (limón)
accusative λιμό (limó) λιμούς (limoús)
vocative λιμέ (limé) λιμοί (limoí)

Synonyms

See also

  • λιμό n (limó, a lower rank playing card)