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lima
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Lewis Short
līma (noun F) : etym. unknown
* A file.
* Lit.: limā proterere aliquid,Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 9: limā aliquid avellere,Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 109: limā aliquid polire,id. 28, 9, 41, § 148: topazius limam sentit,id. 37, 8, 32, § 109: confitendum est detrahere doctrinam aliquid, ut limam rudibus, * Quint. 2, 12, 8: vipera limam momordit,Phaedr. 4, 8, 5.
* Trop., a file, as applied to literary compositions, i. e. polishing, revision (not in Cic.; cf., however, limatus, under limo): defuit et scriptis ultima lima meis,Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 30: incipiam limā mordacius uti, Et sub judicium singula verba vocem,id. P. 1, 5, 19: limae labor et mora,Hor. A. P. 291: carmina rasa limā recenti,Mart. 10, 2, 3: in illis limae, in hoc plus videtur fuisse sanguinis,Vell. 2, 9, 2: ad limam consilii desiderium petitoris distulit,App. M. 8, p. 204 fin.
* A file.
* Lit.: limā proterere aliquid,Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 9: limā aliquid avellere,Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 109: limā aliquid polire,id. 28, 9, 41, § 148: topazius limam sentit,id. 37, 8, 32, § 109: confitendum est detrahere doctrinam aliquid, ut limam rudibus, * Quint. 2, 12, 8: vipera limam momordit,Phaedr. 4, 8, 5.
* Trop., a file, as applied to literary compositions, i. e. polishing, revision (not in Cic.; cf., however, limatus, under limo): defuit et scriptis ultima lima meis,Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 30: incipiam limā mordacius uti, Et sub judicium singula verba vocem,id. P. 1, 5, 19: limae labor et mora,Hor. A. P. 291: carmina rasa limā recenti,Mart. 10, 2, 3: in illis limae, in hoc plus videtur fuisse sanguinis,Vell. 2, 9, 2: ad limam consilii desiderium petitoris distulit,App. M. 8, p. 204 fin.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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