I.the island of Lemnos, in the Ægean 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.—
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.—
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.
