limes

English

Etymology 1

From Latin līmes. Doublet of limit.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlʌɪmiːz/

Noun

limes (plural limites)

1. A boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire.
   • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 92:

     Their presence in the late fourth century on the River Main (immediately to the east of the Roman limes) is documented in Roman sources, as are their wars with the Alemanni.

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lʌɪmz/
• Rhymes: -aɪmz

Noun

limes

1. plural of lime

Anagrams

• Imels, Liems, Miles, Selim, miles, milse, misle, slime, smile

Danish

Noun

limes c

1. indefinite genitive singular of lime
2. indefinite plural of lime
3. indefinite genitive plural of lime

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin līmes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlimes/,
• Rhymes: -imes
• Syllabification^(key): li‧mes

Noun

limes

1. (mathematics) limit, used mainly to read out formulas.

   ${\displaystyle \lim _{x\to c}}$ reads: limes x lähenee c:tä.

Declension

See also

• raja-arvo

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lim/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

limes f

1. plural of lime

Galician

Verb

limes

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of limar

Latin

Etymology 1

From līmus (“askew”) +‎ -es (“going”). See also līmen.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.mes/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.mes/,

Noun

līmes m (genitive līmitis); third declension

1. limit, border, path.

   Synonyms: fīnis, modus, cacūmen

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• līmitāneus
• līmitō

Related terms

• līmen
• sublīmis

Descendants

Etymology 2

Inflection of līmō (“sharpen, file”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.meːs/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.mes/,

Verb

līmēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of līmō

Etymology 3

Inflection of līmō (“besmirch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.meːs/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.mes/,

Verb

līmēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of līmō

References

• “limes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “limes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• limes 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)
• limes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “līmes”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 344

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

limes

1. passive of lime

Portuguese

Verb

limes

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of limar

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin limes.

Noun

limes n (uncountable)

1. limes

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlimes/
• Rhymes: -imes
• Syllabification: li‧mes

Verb

limes

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of limar