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līmen (noun N) : Gr. λέχρις, λοξός; Lat. obliquus, līmus; hence prop. a cross-piece
* A threshold; the head-piece or foot-piece of a doorway, the lintel or the sill (limen superum et inferum).
* Lit.: limen superum inferumque, salve,Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1: limen superum, quod mihi misero saepe confregit caput: Inferum autem, ubi ego omnis digitos defregi meos, Novius ap. Non. 336, 14: sensim super attolle limen pedes, nova nupta,Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 1: imponere foribus,Plin. 36, 14, 21, § 96: ad limen consulis adesse,Liv. 2, 48: curiae,id. 3, 41: primo limine,at the outer threshold,Juv. 1, 96.—Plur. (poet.): haec limina, intra quae puer est,Juv. 14, 45; 220.—The moment of touching the threshold was regarded as ominous: ter limen tetigi,Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 55.—Prov.: salutare a limine, to greet in passing, i. e. to touch upon slightly, not go deeply into, Sen. Ep. 49, 6.
* Transf.
* Trop., both entrance and exit.
* Still more gen., a house, dwelling, abode: matronae nulla auctoritate virorum contineri limine poterant,in the house, at home,Liv. 34, 1: ad limen consulis adesse, etc.,id. 2, 48: limine pelli,Verg. A. 7, 579.
* Poet., the barrier in a race-course: limen relinquunt,Verg. A. 5, 316.
* A beginning, commencement (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): leti limine in ipso,Lucr. 6, 1157: in limine belli,Tac. A. 3, 74: in ipso statim limine obstare,Quint. 2, 11, 1: in limine victoriae,Curt. 6, 3, 10; 6, 9, 17; 9, 10, 26: a limine ipso mortis revocatus,Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 143; Sen. Ep. 22, 16; Just. 14, 3, 9.
* An end, termination (post-class.): in ipso finitae lucis limine,App. M. 11, p. 267, 18; cf.: limina sicut in domibus finem quendam faciunt, sic et imperii finem limen esse veteres voluerunt,Just. Inst. 1, 12, § 5.
* A threshold; the head-piece or foot-piece of a doorway, the lintel or the sill (limen superum et inferum).
* Lit.: limen superum inferumque, salve,Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1: limen superum, quod mihi misero saepe confregit caput: Inferum autem, ubi ego omnis digitos defregi meos, Novius ap. Non. 336, 14: sensim super attolle limen pedes, nova nupta,Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 1: imponere foribus,Plin. 36, 14, 21, § 96: ad limen consulis adesse,Liv. 2, 48: curiae,id. 3, 41: primo limine,at the outer threshold,Juv. 1, 96.—Plur. (poet.): haec limina, intra quae puer est,Juv. 14, 45; 220.—The moment of touching the threshold was regarded as ominous: ter limen tetigi,Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 55.—Prov.: salutare a limine, to greet in passing, i. e. to touch upon slightly, not go deeply into, Sen. Ep. 49, 6.
* Transf.
* Trop., both entrance and exit.
* Still more gen., a house, dwelling, abode: matronae nulla auctoritate virorum contineri limine poterant,in the house, at home,Liv. 34, 1: ad limen consulis adesse, etc.,id. 2, 48: limine pelli,Verg. A. 7, 579.
* Poet., the barrier in a race-course: limen relinquunt,Verg. A. 5, 316.
* A beginning, commencement (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): leti limine in ipso,Lucr. 6, 1157: in limine belli,Tac. A. 3, 74: in ipso statim limine obstare,Quint. 2, 11, 1: in limine victoriae,Curt. 6, 3, 10; 6, 9, 17; 9, 10, 26: a limine ipso mortis revocatus,Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 143; Sen. Ep. 22, 16; Just. 14, 3, 9.
* An end, termination (post-class.): in ipso finitae lucis limine,App. M. 11, p. 267, 18; cf.: limina sicut in domibus finem quendam faciunt, sic et imperii finem limen esse veteres voluerunt,Just. Inst. 1, 12, § 5.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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