Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small piratical vessel without a deck.
- noun The typical genus of Lembidæ, having a crest-like membranous border, and no anterior digitiform appendages nor caudal seta.
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Examples
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Is lembus nostrae navi insidias dabat. occepi ego observare eos quam rem gerant. interea e portu nostra navis solvitur. ubi portu eximus, homines remigio sequi, neque aves neque venti citius. quoniam sentio 290 quae res gereretur, navem extemplo statuimus. quoniam vident nos stare, occeperunt ratem tardare [10] in portu.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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It is about time that the world wakes up to such insidious and deceptive campaigns and that can only be achieved when the world develops the discernment to see through the veil and stop being lembus [cows].
Elites TV Global Voices Online 2010
reesetee commented on the word lembus
An ancient Illyrian galley, with a single bank of oars and no sails. A fast and maneuverable warship, a lembus could carry 50 men in addition to rowers. It was used by Illyrian pirates, and by Philip V of Macedon during the First Macedonian War.
May 21, 2008