limbus

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English

Etymology

From Middle English limbus, from Latin limbus (“edge, border”).

Pronunciation

Noun

limbus (plural limbuses or limbi)

  1. (medicine, biology) A border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea.

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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

limbus m inan

  1. limbo (place for innocent souls)
    Synonym: předpeklí

Declension

Declension of limbus (hard masculine inanimate foreign)
singular plural
nominative limbus limby
genitive limbu limbů
dative limbu limbům
accusative limbus limby
vocative limbe limby
locative limbu limbech
instrumental limbem limby

Further reading

  • limbus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • limbus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • limbus in Internetová jazyková příručka

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly:

Pronunciation

Noun

limbus m (genitive limbī); second declension

  1. A border, edge
    Synonyms: margō, ōra
  2. hem, fringe, tassel
    Synonyms: instita, ōra, patagīum
  3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) limbo

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative limbus limbī
Genitive limbī limbōrum
Dative limbō limbīs
Accusative limbum limbōs
Ablative limbō limbīs
Vocative limbe limbī

Derived terms

Descendants

Descendants of limbus in other languages

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “limbus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 341

Further reading

  • “limbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “limbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • limbus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • limbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “limbus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • limbus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “limbus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin limbus; compare lymbo.

Pronunciation

Noun

limbus

  1. (Late Middle English, rare) limbo (waiting place for souls)
    Synonym: lymbo

Descendants

References

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