limina
Dictionary entries
- Entry →limino, liminare, liminavi, liminatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Inscription
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
illuminate, light up;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →limen, liminis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
threshold, entrance; lintel; house;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- M
Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...tela cadunt quassantque penates.non aries uno moturus limina pulsu 480fracturusque domum, non ulla est machina belli,nec flammis..." - M
Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...conplere capacissufficiens spatium nulloque horrore comarumexcussae laurus inmotaque limina templi 155securumque nemus ueritam se credere Phoeboprodiderant. sensit tripodas..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...turritaque premens frontem matrona corona translata uitat contingere limina planta; non timidum nuptae leuiter tectura pudorem 360lutea demissos..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...omnis amet; pax missa per orbemferrea belligeri conpescat limina Iani.sed mihi iam numen; nec, si te pectore uatesaccipio..." - T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...partis genitalis corporis ipsas. et graviter partim metuentes limina leti vivebant ferro privati parte virili, et manibus sine..." - T
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...solis cogebant undique terram verberibus crebris extrema ad limina fartam in medio ut propulsa suo condensa coiret..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...longe fugitant furtimque cachinnant. at lacrimans exclusus amator limina saepe floribus et sertis operit postisque superbos unguit amaracino..." - T
Persa
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...iubeas concludi aedis foribus ferreis, ferreas aedis commutes, limina indas ferrea, ferream seram atque anellum; ne sis ferro..."