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
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."Persa
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...iubeas concludi aedis foribus ferreis, ferreas aedis commutes, limina indas ferrea, ferream seram atque anellum; ne sis ferro..."