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Lemnius

Lemnius, of Lemnos, Lemnian

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

Lēmnius, a, um: (adj.), pertaining to Lemnos, an island in the Aegean Sea; the home of Vulcan; Lemnian, 8.454.

Could not find Lemniam in Logeion dictionaries.

Lemniam Proper-name adjective: feminine accusative singular of Lemnius

See Lemniam in Morpho

Lemnius [CL] 1 (terra ~a) Lemnian medicinal earth (also ellipt. as sb.). ~a fragilis terra est ex elamita sordida ubi miscetur sanguis caprinus Alph. 96 (v. fragilis 1); Ib. (v. lemnias). 2 Lemnian: a (as epithet of Vulcan). b (by assoc. w. λίμνη as type of earthiness). c (as type of volcanic, as dist. from celestial, fire). a Vulcanus ‥ fingitur in Lemnum insulam cecidisse et a Lemno primitus nomen ~ius accepisse Alb. Lond. DG 10. 4; Vulcanus ‥ fingitur a Lempno primitus nomen Lempnius accepisse Wals. AD I 10 p. 20.  b Vulcanus ‥ ~ius, i. e. lutosus dicitur, quia obscena voluptas nonnisi in lutosis mentibus versatur; λίμνη namque lacus interpretatur Alb. Lond. DG 10. 4; Vulcanus ‥ ponitur in specie terreni ignis sicut Jupiter in significationem celestis ‥ et Lempnius dicitur, i. e. lutosus Wals. AD I 10 p. 20.  c qua Leo sit zona, qua Sirius atque corona, / qua Procyonve furit, qua Lemnius ignifer urit R. Cant. Malch. V 24; Lemnia flamma Neckam DS IV 15 (v. heterogeneus).

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