Lemnos and Lemnus, i, f., = Λῆμνος,
I 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. 942; 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.—
II Hence,
A Lemnĭus , a, um, 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. : Lemnĭus , i, m., Vulcan : Lemnius extemplo valvas patefecit eburnas, Ov. M. 4, 185.—Subst.: Lemnii , ōrum, m., inhabitants of Lemnos, Lemnians , Nep. Milt. 1.—
B Lemnĭăcus , a, um, 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.—
C Lemnĭen-sis , e, adj., Lemnian : sua cognata Lemniensis, from Lemnos , Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 99. —
D Lemnĭas , ădis, f., = 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.—
E Lem-nĭcŏla , ae, m., the dweller in Lemnos , a surname of Vulcan: Lemnicolae stirps, i. e. Erichthonius, son of Vulcan , Ov. M. 2, 757.