limeum

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈli.me.um/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.me.um/,

Noun

limeum n (genitive limeī); second declension

A poisonous plant used by Gauls to anoint their arrows

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	limeum	limea
genitive	limeī	limeōrum
dative	limeō	limeīs
accusative	limeum	limea
ablative	limeō	limeīs
vocative	limeum	limea

References

“limeum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
limeum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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