limes
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin līmes. Doublet of limit.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
limes (plural limites)
- A boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 92:
- Their presence in the late fourth century on the River Main (immediately to the east of the Roman limes) is documented in Roman sources, as are their wars with the Alemanni.
Etymology 2 edit
Inflected forms.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
limes
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Noun edit
limes c
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin līmes.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
limes
- (mathematics) limit, used mainly to read out formulas.
- reads: limes x lähenee c:tä.
Declension edit
Inflection of limes (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | limes | limekset | ||
genitive | limeksen | limesten limeksien | ||
partitive | limestä | limeksiä | ||
illative | limekseen | limeksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | limes | limekset | ||
accusative | nom. | limes | limekset | |
gen. | limeksen | |||
genitive | limeksen | limesten limeksien | ||
partitive | limestä | limeksiä | ||
inessive | limeksessä | limeksissä | ||
elative | limeksestä | limeksistä | ||
illative | limekseen | limeksiin | ||
adessive | limeksellä | limeksillä | ||
ablative | limekseltä | limeksiltä | ||
allative | limekselle | limeksille | ||
essive | limeksenä | limeksinä | ||
translative | limekseksi | limeksiksi | ||
abessive | limeksettä | limeksittä | ||
instructive | — | limeksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
See also edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
limes f
Galician edit
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limes
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From līmus (“askew”) + -es (“going”). See also līmen.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈliː.mes/, [ˈlʲiːmɛs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.mes/, [ˈliːmes]
Noun edit
līmes m (genitive līmitis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | līmes | līmitēs |
Genitive | līmitis | līmitum |
Dative | līmitī | līmitibus |
Accusative | līmitem | līmitēs |
Ablative | līmite | līmitibus |
Vocative | līmes | līmitēs |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Italo-Romance:
- Sardinian:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: llinda
- Ibero-Romance:
- Vulgar Latin:
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *līmitellus
- Old French: lintel (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *līmitellus
- Borrowings:
- → Asturian: llímite
- → Galician: límite
- → German: Limes
- → Esperanto: limito
- → Finnish: limes (learned)
- → Hungarian: limesz
- → Ido: limito
- → Italian: limite
- → Old French: limite
- → Polish: limit
- → Portuguese: limite
- → Romanian: limită
- → Russian: лимит (limit)
- → Sicilian: lìmiti
- → Spanish: límite
- → Swedish: limes
Etymology 2 edit
Inflection of līmō (“sharpen, file”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈliː.meːs/, [ˈlʲiːmeːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.mes/, [ˈliːmes]
Verb edit
līmēs
Etymology 3 edit
Inflection of līmō (“besmirch”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈliː.meːs/, [ˈlʲiːmeːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.mes/, [ˈliːmes]
Verb edit
līmēs
References edit
- “limes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “limes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- limes 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)
- limes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “līmes”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 344
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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limes
Portuguese edit
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limes
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Latin limes.
Noun edit
limes n (uncountable)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
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limes