limitis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →limes, limitis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
path, track; limit; strip of uncultivated ground marking boundary;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...modo ab eo quod est "miles limes" "militis limitis", "iudex vindex" "iudicis vindicis", et quae supra iam attigi..."Liber V
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...sole distinguit. Finito vario illo multiplicique curvamine recto limiti redditur nec huic uni, nam viae plures intercedentibus buxis..."