limbus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →limbus, limbi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
border, edge; ornamental border of a robe;
nom. sg.
Examples
- P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...adhuc octonis integer annis, indutus chlamydem Tyriam, quam limbus obibat aureus; ornabant aurata monilia collum et madidos murra..." - P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...permulcetque comas chlamydemque, ut pendeat apte, collocat, ut limbus totumque adpareat aurum, ut teres in dextra, qua somnos..."