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līmax (noun F.m) : f. (less freq. m.) [kindred with 2. limus:
* Limax a limo quod ibi vivit,Varr. L. L. 7, § 64 Müll.; cf.: limaces cochleae a limo appellatae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.], a slug, snail.
* Lit.: implicitus conchae limax, Col. poët. 10, 323: limacis inter duas orbitas,Plin. 29, 6, 36, § 113: limaces nascuntur in vicia,id. 18, 17, 44, § 156: lactucis innascuntur limaces et cochleae,id. 19, 10, 57, § 177.
* Transf.: limaces lividae, of courtesans, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. l. l.; so perh. limaces viri, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 4, 274.
* Limax a limo quod ibi vivit,Varr. L. L. 7, § 64 Müll.; cf.: limaces cochleae a limo appellatae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.], a slug, snail.
* Lit.: implicitus conchae limax, Col. poët. 10, 323: limacis inter duas orbitas,Plin. 29, 6, 36, § 113: limaces nascuntur in vicia,id. 18, 17, 44, § 156: lactucis innascuntur limaces et cochleae,id. 19, 10, 57, § 177.
* Transf.: limaces lividae, of courtesans, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. l. l.; so perh. limaces viri, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 4, 274.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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