Limia

Latin

The Limici lived along the Limia river, whose high course was in the past a shallow lake

View of the river

Etymology

From Gallaecian, from Proto-Celtic *līmo- (“flood; marsh”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyH- (“to flow”).

Proper noun

Līmia m sg (genitive Līmiae); first declension

1. A river of Gallaecia, Hispania Tarraconensis, now called Lima in Portuguese and Limia in Galician

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Līmia
Genitive	Līmiae
Dative	Līmiae
Accusative	Līmiam
Ablative	Līmiā
Vocative	Līmia
Locative	Līmiae

Related terms

• Limici

References

• Curchin, Leonard A. (2008). "The toponyms of the Roman Galicia: New Study", Cuadernos de Estudios Gallegos, LV (121), pages 109-136.
• Limia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Limia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly