Etymology

limos

lim·os
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Today it means: A child of Eris, Limos is the deity/personification of famine and starvation. The Roman counterpart is Fames. Full definition →

Ancient Greek Λῑμός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλῑμός“hunger, famine, starvation”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΛῑμός
  3. English todayLimos

From Ancient Greek Λῑμός (Līmós), from Ancient Greek λῑμός (līmós, “hunger, famine, starvation”).

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