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Definition of Lemnians

Lemnian
Lemnian Lem"ni*an (l[e^]m"n[i^]*an), a. [L. Lemnius, fr. Lemnus, Gr. Lh^mnos.] Of or pertaining to the isle of Lemnos. Lemnian bole, Lemnian earth, an aluminous earth of a grayish yellow color; sphragide; -- formerly sold as medicine, having astringent properties. Lemnian reddle, a reddle of firm consistence and deep red color; -- used by artificers in coloring.

Meaning of Lemnians from wikipedia

- The Lemnian language was spoken on the island of Lemnos, Greece, in the second half of the 6th century BC. It is mainly attested by an inscription found...
- The Lemnian Athena, or Athena Lemnia, was a classical Gr**** statue of the goddess Athena that stood on the Acropolis of Athens. According to the traveler...
- A Lemnian deed is the cruel slaughter of someone as revenge. There are two possible origins for this term: the epic of Jason and the Argonauts, where...
- of Kalliste or Thera: in p****ing, he attributes the flight of Sintian Lemnians to the island Kalliste to "Tyrrhenian warriors" from the island of Lemnos...
- Cabeiri with the three Capitoline deities or with the Di Penates. The Lemnians were originally non-Gr****; they were ****enized after Miltiades conquered...
- family of Etruscan, Lemnian and Raetic. There is thus evidence that there was indeed at least a linguistic relationship between the Lemnians and the Etruscans...
- geographer Pausanias relates that a small island called Chryse, off the Lemnian coast, was swallowed up by the sea. All volcanic action is now extinct...
- Balkans: Ancient Macedonian Dacian Dalmatian Eteocretan Eteocypriot Illyrian Lemnian Liburnian Ottoman Turkish Paeonian Pelasgian Phrygian Thracian Balkan sprachbund...
- of ancient labyrinths: the Cretan labyrinth, an Egyptian labyrinth, a Lemnian labyrinth, and an Italian labyrinth. These are all complex underground...
- the city's po****tion, and a number of alternatives, such as Gr**** and Lemnian-Etruscan, have been proposed. Hittite do****ents found at Hattusa suggest...