Lemnian

British  

/ ˈlɛmnɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Greek island of Lemnos or its inhabitants

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Lemnos

Example Sentences

O Lemnian earth and thou almighty flame, Hephaestos’ workmanship, shall this be borne, That he by force must drag me from your care?

From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles

Lemnian earth, ruddle, and very many minerals do this, and yet they are fatuously said to attract.

From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William

And now the glorious artist, ere he yet 370 Had reach’d the Lemnian isle, limping, return’d From his feign’d journey, for his spy the sun Had told him all.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

Never,—though I must suffer direst woe,— While this steep Lemnian ground is mine to tread!

From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles

If the latter view is correct, the torch race would be closely akin to the Lemnian fire-ritual which has been mentioned.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various