"λήμη" meaning in Ancient Greek

See λήμη in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lɛ̌ː.mɛː/, /ˈli.mi/, /ˈli.mi/, /lɛ̌ː.mɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈle̝.me̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈli.mi/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈli.mi/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈli.mi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Unexplained. Connection with Latin lāma (“marsh, mud”) and Lithuanian lōmas (“pit, hollow”) is semantically unconvincing. According to Beekes, it is rather a Pre-Greek word. Etymology templates: {{unk|grc|title=Unexplained}} Unexplained, {{cog|la|lāma||marsh, mud}} Latin lāma (“marsh, mud”), {{cog|lt|lōmas||pit, hollow}} Lithuanian lōmas (“pit, hollow”), {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|λήμης|f|first}} λήμη • (lḗmē) f (genitive λήμης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|λήμη|ης}} Forms: lḗmē [romanization], λήμης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ λήμη [nominative, singular], τὼ λήμᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ λῆμαι [nominative, plural], τῆς λήμης [genitive, singular], τοῖν λήμαιν [dual, genitive], τῶν λημῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ λήμῃ [dative, singular], τοῖν λήμαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς λήμαις [dative, plural], τὴν λήμην [accusative, singular], τὼ λήμᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς λήμᾱς [accusative, plural], λήμη [singular, vocative], λήμᾱ [dual, vocative], λῆμαι [plural, vocative]
  1. rheum, sleep, a humour that gathers in the corner of the eye Categories (topical): Bodily fluids Derived forms: λημηρός (lēmērós), λημώδης (lēmṓdēs), λήμωσῐς (lḗmōsis), λημᾰλέος (lēmaléos), λημᾰ́ω (lēmáō), λημῐ́ον (lēmíon), λημῠ́δρῐον (lēmúdrion)

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