limus

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English

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Noun

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limus

  1. plural of limu

Anagrams

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Ilocano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish limosna.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /liˈmus/ [liˈmus]
  • Hyphenation: li‧mus

Noun

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limús (plural limlimus)

  1. alms

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Possibly from Proto-Italic *līmos (oblique), with no known cognates outside of Italic.[1] Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (to bend).[2] Compare perhaps Proto-Germanic *limuz (limb, branch).

Adjective

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līmus (feminine līma, neuter līmum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. sidelong, askew, askance, sideways
Declension
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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative līmus līma līmum līmī līmae līma
genitive līmī līmae līmī līmōrum līmārum līmōrum
dative līmō līmae līmō līmīs
accusative līmum līmam līmum līmōs līmās līma
ablative līmō līmā līmō līmīs
vocative līme līma līmum līmī līmae līma
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References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “līmus 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 342–343:PIt. *(s)līmo-?
  2. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Etymology 2

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Somewhat uncertain; maybe from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (to smear) or *(s)ley-mo- (slime). Possible cognates include λίμνη (límnē, marsh, pool, lake), Sanskrit लिनाति (lināti, sticks, stays, adheres to; slips into, disappears), Ukrainian слимак (slymak, snail), Old Church Slavonic слина (slina, spittle), Old Irish sligim (to smear), leinam (I follow, literally I stick to), Irish lean, Welsh llyfn (smooth), English slime. According to De Vaan, Ancient Greek λεῖμαξ (leîmax, snail) is probably conversely borrowed from Latin.[1]

Noun

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līmus m (genitive līmī); second declension

  1. mud, slime, muck
  2. (figuratively) feces within the bowels
  3. filth, pollution
Declension
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Second-declension noun.

Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Albanian: lym
  • Catalan: llim
  • French: limon
  • Galician: limo
  • Italian: limo
  • Portuguese: limo
  • Romanian: im
  • Spanish: limo

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “līmus 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 342

Etymology 3

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Perhaps from ligō (tie, bind)

Noun

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līmus m (genitive līmī); second declension

  1. a priest's apron
Declension
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Second-declension noun.

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Further reading

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  • (adjective)limus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • (mud)limus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • (apron)limus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • limus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • limus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • limus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • limus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • limus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin