limus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈliː.mus/

Etymology 1

Adjective

līmus m (feminine līma, neuter līmum); first/second declension

1. sidelong, askew, askance, sideways

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	līmus	līma	līmum		līmī	līmae	līma
genitive	līmī	līmae	līmī		līmōrum	līmārum	līmōrum
dative	līmō	līmae	līmō		līmīs	līmīs	līmīs
accusative	līmum	līmam	līmum		līmōs	līmās	līma
ablative	līmō	līmā	līmō		līmīs	līmīs	līmīs
vocative	līme	līma	līmum		līmī	līmae	līma

Derived terms

• limes
• līmō
• Līmus

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ley- (“slime, slimy, sticky, slippery”). Cognates include Sanskrit लिनाति (lināti, “sticks, stays, adheres to; slips into, disappears”), Russian слимак (slimak, “snail”), Old Church Slavonic слина (slina, “spittle”), Old Irish sligim (“to smear”), leinam (“I follow”, literally “I stick to”), Irish lean, Welsh llyfn (“smooth”), Ancient Greek λεῖμαξ (leimax, “snail”), λίμνη (límnē, “marsh, pool, lake”), αλινειν (alinein, “to anoint, besmear”), Latin linere (“to daub, besmear, rub out, erase”).

Noun

līmus (genitive līmī); m, second declension

1. mud, slime, muck
2. (figuratively) feces within the bowels.
3. filth, pollution

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	līmus	līmī
genitive	līmī	līmōrum
dative	līmō	līmīs
accusative	līmum	līmōs
ablative	līmō	līmīs
vocative	līme	līmī

Derived terms

• līmōsus

Related terms

• līmō

Descendants

• Italian: limo
• Portuguese: limo
• Romanian: im
• Spanish: limo

Etymology 3

Perhaps from ligō (“tie, bind”)

Noun

līmus (genitive līmī); m, second declension

1. a priest's apron.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	līmus	līmī
genitive	līmī	līmōrum
dative	līmō	līmīs
accusative	līmum	līmōs
ablative	līmō	līmīs
vocative	līme	līmī

Derived terms

• līmocinctus