limum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →limus, lima, limum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
oblique, transverse; sidelong, sideways; askew, aslant; askance;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →lima, limae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
file (carpenter's); polishing/revision (of a literary work);
gen. pl. - Entry →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;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Curram igitur aliquo ad piscinam aut ad lacum, limum petam. AGOR. Quid eo opust? MIL. Ego dicam..."Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...licio' dictum scripsit: 'Licio enim transuerso, quod "limum" appellatur, qui magistratibus' inquit 'praeministrabant, cincti erant.' Si quis autem..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...marmora rebus;" medicatum est et eius naturae habet limum, ut corpora adglutinet et obduret. Quemadmodum Puteolanus puluis..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...arebant herbae et cava flumina siccis faucibus ad limum radii tepefacta coquebant: cum Proteus consueta petens e fluctibus..."Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...despicere (huc summis liquuntur rupibus amnes felicemque trahunt limum), quique editus Austro et filicem curuis inuisam pascit aratris..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...turbavere lacus imoque e gurgite mollem huc illuc limum saltu movere maligno. distulit ira sitim; neque enim..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...Surrentina vafer qui miscet faece Falerna vina, columbino limum bene colligit ovo, quatenus ima petit volvens aliena vitellus..."BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...mare magnum esse et saevire ventis coepit, limum harenamque et saxa ingentia fluctus trahunt: ita facies locorum..."
