English

Noun

limen ‎(plural limens or limina)

1. A liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological response.

Galician

Verb

limen

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of limar

Latin

Etymology

Likely related to līmus ‎(“transverse, oblique”), with the suffix -men. See also līmes.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.men/

Noun

līmen n ‎(genitive līminis); third declension

1. threshold, doorstep, sill (bottom-most part of a doorway)
2. lintel
3. threshold, entrance, doorway, approach; door
4. house, home, abode, dwelling
5. beginning, commencement
6. end, termination

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Derived terms

• Līmentīnus
• līmināris
• sublīmis

Descendants

• Italian: limine
• Spanish: limen

References

• limen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• limen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• LIMEN in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “limen”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to cross the threshold: pedem limine efferre
    
• limen in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• limen in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

limen m

1. definite singular of lime

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

limen m

1. definite singular of lime

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǐmen/
• Hyphenation: li‧men

Adjective

lìmen ‎(definite lìmenī, Cyrillic spelling лѝмен)

1. made of tin or sheet metal; tin-

Declension

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin līmen.

Noun

limen m ‎(plural límenes)

1. (poetic) threshold, doorstep

Synonyms

• umbral

Etymology 2

See limar

Verb

limen

1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of limar.
2. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of limar.
3. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present subjunctive form of limar.