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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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Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlimus/
  • Rhymes: -imus
  • Syllabification: li‧mus
  • Hyphenation: lim‧us

Verb

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limus

  1. conditional of limi

Ilocano

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Spanish limosna. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Particularly: “spelling influenced by Ilocano na? cf. Tagalog limos

    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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    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, aslant, askance
        Synonym: obliquus
        līmīs (oculīs) spectāreto look askance
      Declension
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      First/second-declension adjective.

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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, Self-published: Xlibris, →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 (to follow, literally to 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.

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        Descendants
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        • Asturian: llimu
        • 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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          Possibly from ligō (to tie, bind, bind together, bind up, bandage, bind fast).

          Noun

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          līmus m (genitive līmī); second declension

          1. a priest's apron
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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
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