Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1031.līmen on page 1031
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līmen threshold
līmen is a Latin Noun that primarily means threshold.
Definitions for līmen
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
threshold
English derivatives:
liminality subliminal eliminate preliminary
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
One of the transverse beams in a doorframe; esp. (b) the lower beam, threshold, doorstep, sill. (c) the upper beam, lintel.
- 2
(loosely) The entrance to a building, etc. doorway or gateway, threshold (poet., sts. pl. in sg. sense). (b) (applied to the actual door or gate). (c) (meton) a house, home, or sim.
- 3
(transf.) The point at which one passes into (or emerges from) something, an entrance, approach, opening, etc.
Sentences with līmen
Latin to English
Supra limen sublata est ne laberetur.Compare She was carried over the threshold in case she stumbled.
Nova nupta super limen sublata est ne laberetur.Compare The new bride was carried over the threshold in case she stumbled.
Tu ille sanctus limen intro?Compare Did you dare to enter that most holy door?
Declension table for līmen
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | līmen | līmina |
| Gen. | līminis | līminum |
| Dat. | līminī | līminibus |
| Acc. | līmen | līmina |
| Abl. | līmine | līminibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 174.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1031.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "līmen, līminis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/limen-liminis.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 174.līmen, līminis on page 174
