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See also: Limulus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Diminutive from līmus (“askance”) + -ulus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈliː.mu.lus/, [ˈlʲiːmʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.mu.lus/, [ˈliːmulus]
Adjective
[edit]līmulus (feminine līmula, neuter līmulum); first/second-declension adjective
- diminutive of līmus (“askance, oblique”)
- Terentianus Maurus, De litteris, de syllabis, de metris 284:
- haec prius, Bassine fili et tu gener Novate mi, / perpolite, quam potestis, crebriore limula.
- squinting, squint-eyed
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | līmulus | līmula | līmulum | līmulī | līmulae | līmula | |
| genitive | līmulī | līmulae | līmulī | līmulōrum | līmulārum | līmulōrum | |
| dative | līmulō | līmulae | līmulō | līmulīs | |||
| accusative | līmulum | līmulam | līmulum | līmulōs | līmulās | līmula | |
| ablative | līmulō | līmulā | līmulō | līmulīs | |||
| vocative | līmule | līmula | līmulum | līmulī | līmulae | līmula | |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Translingual: Limulus
References
[edit]- “limulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- limulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.