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Dictionary entries

  • limus, lima, limum:

    Adjective · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Lesser
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = oblique, transverse; sidelong, sideways; askew, aslant; askance;

    Entry →
    gen. sg. (m.)
    gen. sg. (n.)
    nom. pl. (m.)
    voc. pl. (m.)
  • limus, limi:

    Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension

    Frequency:
    Uncommon
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = apron crossed with purple, worn by attendants at sacrifice/by magistrates;; mud/mire; slime; filth/pollution; silt; crusted dirt; sediment of wine;

    Entry →
    gen. sg.
    loc. sg.
    nom. pl.
    voc. pl.

Examples

  • T

    Miles Gloriosus

    Titus Maccius Plautus

    "...Milph. Ad laevam. Acr. Video. Milph. Aspicito limis [oculis], ne ille nos se sentiat videre. Acr. Video. edepol..."
  • P

    Eunuchus

    Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)

    "...domini ubi absunt. interea somnu' virginem opprimit. ego limis specto sic per flabellum clanculum; simul alia circumspecto, satin..."
  • M

    Liber XI

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...mobiles et natantes et quadam voluptate suffusi aut limi et, ut sic dicam, venerii aut poscentes aliquid pollicentesve..."
  • P

    Amores III

    Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores

    "...densum caesarie terque quaterque caput. altera, si memini, limis subrisit ocellis — fallor, an in dextra myrtea virga fuit..."
  • Q

    Sermones II

    Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones

    "...tabulas a te removere memento, sic tamen, ut limis rapias, quid prima secundo cera velit versu; solus multisne..."

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