linea
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Latin līnea (“line, thread”), via Spanish línea in reference to the unit of length, from līnum (“flax”). Doublet of line.
Noun edit
linea (plural lineas or lineae)
- (astronomy, geology) Any long marking, dark or bright, on a planet or moon's surface.
- The moons Dione and Europa have prominent lineae.
- (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 1.9 mm.
Synonyms edit
- (unit of length): Spanish line, line (Spanish contexts)
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Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin līnea (“line, thread”), from līnum (“flax”).
Noun edit
linea f (plural linee, diminutive lineétta or (uncommon) lineìna)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
linea
- inflection of lineare:
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
- linea (medieval)
Etymology edit
From līneus (“flaxen; flaxen [thing]”), from līnum (“flax”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈliː.ne.a/, [ˈlʲiːneä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.ne.a/, [ˈliːneä]
Noun edit
līnea f (genitive līneae); first declension
- A linen thread.
- Any line, thread, or string, particularly
- The warp and weft during weaving.
- A fishing line.
- A plumbline.
- A bowstring.
- (geometry) A geometric line [translating γραμμή (grammḗ)].
- A boundary line.
- A line of descent, a lineage.
- A line of thought; an outline, a sketch.
- 1756, Johann Matthias Gesner, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Primae Lineae Isagoges in Eruditionem Universalem
- Introductions of a First Line into Universal Knowledge
- 77, Apelles:
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | līnea | līneae |
Genitive | līneae | līneārum |
Dative | līneae | līneīs |
Accusative | līneam | līneās |
Ablative | līneā | līneīs |
Vocative | līnea | līneae |
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Descendants edit
- Friulian: linie
- Italian: linea
- Old Leonese:
- Asturian: llinia
- Old Occitan:
- Old French:
- French: ligne
- Old Galician-Portuguese: linna
- Old Spanish: liña
- Spanish: liña
- Romanian: ie
- Sicilian: lìnia
- Venetian: lìnia, ligna
- → Albanian: linjë
- → Belarusian: лінія (linija)
- → Bulgarian: линия (linija)
- → Catalan: línia
- → Czech: linie
- → English: linea
- → Lithuanian: linija
- → Macedonian: линија (linija)
- → Polish: linia, linija; linja
- →? Russian: линия (linija) (or from German)
- → Norwegian: line, linje
- → Old High German: linia
- → Old Irish: líne
- Irish: líne
- → Old Swedish: linia
- → Romanian: linie
- → Russian: линия (linija)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Spanish: línea
- → Tagalog: linya
- → Ukrainian: лінія (linija)
- → Welsh: llinell
Adjective edit
līnea
- inflection of līneus (“flaxen”):
Adjective edit
līneā
References edit
- “linea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “linea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- linea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- linea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “linea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Spanish edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Verb edit
linea
- inflection of linear:
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
linea
- Misspelling of línea.
Tagalog edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
líneá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜈᜒᜌ)
- Alternative form of linya