Lemnos | Lemnus, a, um | Lemnĭus, i | Lemnĭus, ōrum | Lemnii, a, um | Lemnĭăcus, e | Lemnĭen-sis, ădis | Lemnĭas, ae | Lem-nĭcŏla (noun F.m.m.f.m) : and , , , = Λῆμνος
* The island of Lemnos, in the Aegean Sea; in mythology, the abode of Vulcan; it was also here that Philoctetes was left behind; now Lemno or Stalimeni, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 4; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 49; Mel. 2, 7, 8; Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 73; Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 55; id. Fat. 16, 36; Ov. M. 13, 46; 313; Stat. Th. 5, 49; Val. Fl. 2, 87 et saep.
* Hence
* Adj., of or belonging to Lemnos, Lemnian: quia tibi alia est sponsa locuples Lemnia,Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 25: litora, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 11 Müll.: furtum,i. e. of Prometheus, who stole the fire from Vulcan at Lemnos,Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23: saxum,id. Fin. 2, 29, 94: pater,i. e. Vulcan,Verg. A. 8, 454: turba,the women of Lemnos, who in one night all killed their husbands,Ov. Ib. 398: rubrica,a kind of red chalk,Plin. 28, 8, 24, § 88; 29, 5, 33, § 104.—Absol.: , , , Vulcan: Lemnius extemplo valvas patefecit eburnas,Ov. M. 4, 185.—Subst.: , , , inhabitants of Lemnos, Lemnians, Nep. Milt. 1.
* Adj., Lemnian: nec major ab antris Lemniacis fragor est,i. e. Vulcan's forge in Lemnos,Stat. S. 3, 1, 131: catenae,the fetters made by Vulcan in Lemnos with which to bind Venus and Mars,id. Th. 3, 274; Mart. 5, 7, 7.
* Adj., Lemnian: sua cognata Lemniensis,from Lemnos,Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 99.
* = Λημνιάς, a Lemnian woman, Ov. H. 6, 53.—With Gr. form of dat. plur.: Lemniasi gladios in mea damna dabo,Ov. A. A. 3, 672.—Adj.: exsul,i. e. Hypsipyle,Stat. Th. 5, 500.
* The dweller in Lemnos, a surname of Vulcan: Lemnicolae stirps,i. e. Erichthonius, son of Vulcan,Ov. M. 2, 757.