limen
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin limen (“threshold”).
Noun edit
limen (plural limens or limina)
- A liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological response.
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Verb edit
limen
- inflection of limar:
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Likely related to līmus (“transverse, oblique”), with the suffix -men. See also līmes.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈliː.men/, [ˈlʲiːmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.men/, [ˈliːmen]
Noun edit
līmen n (genitive līminis); third declension
- threshold, doorstep, sill (bottom-most part of a doorway)
- lintel
- threshold, entrance, doorway, approach; door
- house, home, abode, dwelling
- beginning, commencement
- Synonyms: initium, prīmōrdium, prīncipium, orīgō, rudīmentum, exordium
- Antonym: fīnis
- end, termination
Declension edit
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 edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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
- 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
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “līmen”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 343
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
limen
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “limen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “limen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
limen m
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
limen m
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lìmen (definite lìmenī, Cyrillic spelling лѝмен)
Declension edit
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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
limen m (plural límenes)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
limen
- inflection of limar:
Further reading edit
- “limen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Noun edit
limen