German

Noun

Limes m ‎(genitive Limes, plural Limites)

1. (mathematics) limit
2. limes (a boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire)

English

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 2012, p. 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

• miles, Miles
• slime
• smile

Danish

Noun

limes c

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

Finnish

Noun

limes

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

   reads: limes x lähenee c:tä.

Declension

See also

• raja-arvo

French

Noun

limes f

1. plural of lime

Galician

Verb

limes

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of limar

Latin

Etymology 1

From līmus ‎(“askew”). See also līmen.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.mes/

Noun

līmes m ‎(genitive līmitis); third declension

1. limit, border, path.

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

Etymology 2

Inflection of līmō ‎(“sharpen, file”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.meːs/

Verb

līmēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of līmō

Etymology 3

Inflection of līmō ‎(“besmirch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.meːs/

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “limes”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

limes

1. passive of lime

Portuguese

Verb

limes

1. second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of limar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of limar

Spanish

Verb

limes

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of limar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of limar.