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
- T
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Curram igitur aliquo ad piscinam aut ad lacum, limum petam. AGOR. Quid eo opust? MIL. Ego dicam..." - A
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...licio' dictum scripsit: 'Licio enim transuerso, quod "limum" appellatur, qui magistratibus' inquit 'praeministrabant, cincti erant.' Si quis autem..." - L
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - Q
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..." - G
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...mare magnum esse et saevire ventis coepit, limum harenamque et saxa ingentia fluctus trahunt: ita facies locorum..."
