# Limos

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #56,877

## Definitions
1. A child of Eris, Limos is the deity/personification of famine and starvation. The Roman counterpart is Fames.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/limos