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Limnaeus, Limnaea, Limnetes or Limnagenes,〔LSJ: (limnaios )〕 i. e. inhabiting or born in a lake or marsh, is an ancient Greek surname of several divinities who were believed either to have sprung from a lake, or had their temples near a lake. Instances are, Dionysus at Athens,〔(Eustath. ad Horn. p. 871 ; Callim. Fragm. 280, Bentl.; Time. ii. 15 ; Aristoph. Ran. 216 ; Athen. x. p. 437, xi. p. 465)〕 and Artemis at Sicyon, near Epidaurus,〔(Paus. ii. 7. § 6, iii. 23. § 10)〕 on the frontiers between Laconia and Messenia,〔(Paus. iii. 2. § 6, 7. § 4, iv. 4. § 2, 31. § 3, vii. 20. § 7, &c.; Strab. viii, p. 361 ; Tac. Ann. iv. 43)〕 near Calamae,〔(Paus. iv. 31. § 3), at Tegea (viii. 53. § 11, comp. iii. 14. § 2)〕 Patrae;〔(vii. 20. § 7)〕 it is also used as a surname of nymphs〔(Theocrit. v. 17)〕 that dwell in lakes or marshes. Limnaeus or ''Limnaios'' as a personal male name: *Limnaeus, a general of Alexander the Great, in the battle of Malli (see Habreas) *Limnaios son of Harpalos, a land-owner; he was given estates in Chalcidice by king Lysimachus〔SEG 38.619〕 *Limnaios and Lysanias helped Rhodes after 226 BC earthquake〔Polybius 5.90.1〕 *Limnaeus, an ambassador of Philip V of Macedon (see Cycliadas) *Saint Limnaeus, disciple of Saint Thalassius, an hermit in Syria (5th century). Theodoret records that Limnaeus had been living in this way for thirty-eight years. *Johannes Limnaeus (Johann Wirn) (1592–1663) German professor who wrote a work entitled "Jus publicum Imperii Romano-Germanici" *Georg Limnaeus (1554–1611) German professor of mathematics in Jena *Limnaeus is also a surname of species in zoology (i.e. Austrofundulus limnaeus, a fish, Gammarus limnaeus, an amphipod ) ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Limnaeus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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