λιμός in Ancient Greek

IPA: /liː.mós/, /liˈmos/, /liˈmos/, /liː.mós/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /liˈmos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /liˈmos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /liˈmos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /liˈmos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: May be connected with λοιμός (loimós, “plague”). Head templates: {{grc-noun|λῑμός|λῑμοῦ|m|second|g2=f}} λῑμός • (līmós) m or f (genitive λῑμοῦ); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|λῑμός|λῑμοῦ|form=MF}} Forms: λῑμός [canonical], līmós [romanization], λῑμοῦ [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], λῑμός [nominative, singular], λῑμώ [dual, nominative], λῑμοί [nominative, plural], λῑμοῦ [genitive, singular], λῑμοῖν [dual, genitive], λῑμῶν [genitive, plural], λῑμῷ [dative, singular], λῑμοῖν [dative, dual], λῑμοῖς [dative, plural], λῑμόν [accusative, singular], λῑμώ [accusative, dual], λῑμούς [accusative, plural], λῑμέ [singular, vocative], λῑμώ [dual, vocative], λῑμοί [plural, vocative]

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  "etymology_text": "May be connected with λοιμός (loimós, “plague”).",
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      ]
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    },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
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  "lang_code": "grc",
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          "roman": "boúlimos",
          "word": "βούλιμος"
        },
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          "roman": "limaínō",
          "word": "λιμαίνω"
        },
        {
          "roman": "limaléos",
          "word": "λιμαλέος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "limērós",
          "word": "λιμηρός"
        },
        {
          "roman": "līmoktonéō",
          "word": "λῑμοκτονέω"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Līmós",
          "word": "Λῑμός"
        },
        {
          "roman": "limṓdēs",
          "word": "λιμώδης"
        },
        {
          "roman": "límōxis",
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        },
        {
          "roman": "limṓssō",
          "word": "λιμώσσω"
        },
        {
          "roman": "poúlimos",
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        }
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        "famine, hunger, starvation"
      ],
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          "famine"
        ],
        [
          "hunger",
          "hunger"
        ],
        [
          "starvation",
          "starvation"
        ]
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        }
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      "ipa": "/liː.mós/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/liˈmos/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/liˈmos/"
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      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
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    {
      "ipa": "/liˈmos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liˈmos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liˈmos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liˈmos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λιμός"
}

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      "roman": "boúlimos",
      "word": "βούλιμος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "limaínō",
      "word": "λιμαίνω"
    },
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      "roman": "limaléos",
      "word": "λιμαλέος"
    },
    {
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      "word": "λιμηρός"
    },
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      "roman": "līmoktonéō",
      "word": "λῑμοκτονέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Līmós",
      "word": "Λῑμός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "limṓdēs",
      "word": "λιμώδης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "límōxis",
      "word": "λίμωξις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "limṓssō",
      "word": "λιμώσσω"
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      ],
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          "starvation"
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        }
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liˈmos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liˈmos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liː.mós/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liˈmos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liˈmos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/liˈmos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liˈmos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λιμός"
}

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"λιμός" meaning in Ancient Greek

Noun