limus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →limus, lima, limum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
oblique, transverse; sidelong, sideways; askew, aslant; askance;
nom. sg. (m.) - 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;
nom. sg.
Examples
- T
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...concreto corpore pondus constitit atque omnis mundi quasi limus in imum confluxit gravis et subsedit funditus ut faex..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...lapidem post paucos dies extrahis; circumfunditur enim corpori limus adliniturque paulatim. Hoc minus tibi uidebitur mirum, si notaueris..." - P
Ecloga VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...Ducite ab urbe domum, mea carmina, ducite Daphnim. Limus ut hic durescit, et haec ut cera liquescit..." - P
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...impositique rogis iuvenes ante ora parentum, quos circum limus niger et deformis harundo Cocyti tardaque palus inamabilis unda..." - P
Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...observata colonis) ferali mutant cum papilione figuram. 'Semina limus habet virides generantia ranas, et generat truncas pedibus..." - P
Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...flumina reddidit alveo aetherioque recens exarsit sidere limus, plurima cultores versis animalia glaebis inveniunt et in his quaedam..." - P
Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...flumina reddidit alveo aetherioque recens exarsit sidere limus, plurima cultores versis animalia glaebis inveniunt et in his quaedam..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...manibus, dum furta ligurrit, sive gravis veteri creterrae limus adhaesit. vilibus in scopis, in mappis, in scobe quantus..."