noun · masculinesecond declension
lembus
lembus m (genitive lembī)
Classical[ˈɫɛm.bʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈlɛm.bus]
Meaning
- masculinea cutter, yacht; a ship built for speed
Is lembus nostrae navi insidias dabat.
That ship was giving our boat an ambush.c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 2.3.52
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
nāvis parva et vēlōxlembus -ī (m) — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 14
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Navigium · Navis · Celox · Lembus · Liburna · Scapha · Cymba · Linter
Navigium is the most general expression, like vessel; navis (ναῦς) an ordinary ship for distant voyages; celox, lembus, and liburna, are boats which may be manned and armed for service in war; scapha, cymba, and linter, are only skiffs and wherries, intended merely for short distances and for crossing over; scapha and cymba, of the broader sort, in the form of small barges; linter, long and narrow, like a canoe. (vi. 232.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lembus | lembī |
| genitive | lembī | lembōrum |
| dative | lembō | lembīs |
| accusative | lembum | lembōs |
| ablative | lembō | lembīs |
| vocative | lembe | lembī |
lembus, i, m., = λέμβος,
I. a small fastsailing vessel with a sharp prow, a pinnace, yacht, cutter:
lembus genus navicellae velocissimae, quod et dromonis nomine appellamus, Fulg. Exp. Serm. 564, 6; Att. ap. Non. 534, 5: celerare lembum, Turp. ib. 7: lembo advehitur pauxillulo, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 81: ascendi in lembum, id. ib. 2, 1, 35: ducit lembum jam dierectum navis praeditoria, id. Men. 2, 3, 87: classis lemborum, Liv. 45, 10; 34, 35: qui adverso vix flumine lembum Remigiis subigit, Verg. G. 1, 201: piratici lembi, Curt. 4, 5, 18.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
lembus ī, m
, λέμβος, a pinnace, yacht, cutter (built for speed): lembi biremes, L.: lembum Remigiis subigit, V.: piratici lembi, Cu.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λέμβος (lémbos), perhaps Illyrian in origin.
Descendants
- Italianlembo