limen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin limen (“threshold”)

Noun

limen (plural limens or limina)

1. A liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological response.

Anagrams

• Melin, Milne, limne

---

Galician

Verb

limen

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of limar

---

Latin

Etymology

Likely related to līmus (“transverse, oblique”), with the suffix -men. See also līmes.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.men/, [ˈlʲiːmɛn]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.men/, [ˈliːmɛn]

Noun

līmen n (genitive līminis); third declension

1. threshold, doorstep, sill (bottom-most part of a doorway)
2. lintel
3. threshold, entrance, doorway, approach; door
4. house, home, abode, dwelling
5. beginning, commencement
6. end, termination

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	līmen	līmina
Genitive	līminis	līminum
Dative	līminī	līminibus
Accusative	līmen	līmina
Ablative	līmine	līminibus
Vocative	līmen	līmina

Derived terms

• ēlīminō
• Līmentīnus
• līmināris
• postlīminium

Related terms

• līmus
• līmes
• sublīmis

Descendants

• Italian: limine
• Spanish: limen

References

• limen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• limen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• limen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• limen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to cross the threshold: pedem limine efferre
    
• limen in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• limen in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

---

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From lijm +‎ -en.

Verb

limen

1. to glue, to make stick with glue

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: lijmen
• Limburgish: lieme

Further reading

• “limen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “limen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

---

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

limen m

1. definite singular of lime

---

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

limen m

1. definite singular of lime

---

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǐmen/
• Hyphenation: li‧men

Adjective

lìmen (definite lìmenī, Cyrillic spelling лѝмен)

1. (relational) tin, sheet metal

Declension

indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		limen	limena	limeno
genitive		limena	limene	limena
dative		limenu	limenoj	limenu
accusative	inanimate animate	limen limena	limenu	limeno
vocative		limen	limena	limeno
locative		limenu	limenoj	limenu
instrumental		limenim	limenom	limenim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		limeni	limene	limena
genitive		limenih	limenih	limenih
dative		limenim(a)	limenim(a)	limenim(a)
accusative		limene	limene	limena
vocative		limeni	limene	limena
locative		limenim(a)	limenim(a)	limenim(a)
instrumental		limenim(a)	limenim(a)	limenim(a)

definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		limeni	limena	limeno
genitive		limenog(a)	limene	limenog(a)
dative		limenom(u/e)	limenoj	limenom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	limeni limenog(a)	limenu	limeno
vocative		limeni	limena	limeno
locative		limenom(e/u)	limenoj	limenom(e/u)
instrumental		limenim	limenom	limenim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		limeni	limene	limena
genitive		limenih	limenih	limenih
dative		limenim(a)	limenim(a)	limenim(a)
accusative		limene	limene	limena
vocative		limeni	limene	limena
locative		limenim(a)	limenim(a)	limenim(a)
instrumental		limenim(a)	limenim(a)	limenim(a)

---

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin līmen.

Noun

limen m (plural límenes)

1. (poetic) threshold, doorstep

   Synonym: umbral

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

limen

1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of limar.
2. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of limar.
3. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present subjunctive form of limar.