limulus

See also: Limulus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from līmus (“askance”) +‎ -ulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.mu.lus/, [ˈlʲiːmʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.mu.lus/, [ˈliːmulus]

Adjective

līmulus (feminine līmula, neuter līmulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Diminutive of līmus (“askance, oblique”)
   • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 5.2.12:

     Viden limulis, obsecro, ut intuentur?

   • Terentianus Maurus, De litteris, de syllabis, de metris 284:

     haec prius, Bassine fili et tu gener Novate mi, / perpolite, quam potestis, crebriore limula.

2. squinting, squint-eyed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	līmulus	līmula	līmulum		līmulī	līmulae	līmula
Genitive	līmulī	līmulae	līmulī		līmulōrum	līmulārum	līmulōrum
Dative	līmulō		līmulō		līmulīs
Accusative	līmulum	līmulam	līmulum		līmulōs	līmulās	līmula
Ablative	līmulō	līmulā	līmulō		līmulīs
Vocative	līmule	līmula	līmulum		līmulī	līmulae	līmula

Related terms

• līmus

Descendants

• Translingual: Limulus

References

• “limulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• limulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.