English

Noun

limma ‎(plural limmas)

1. (music) Any of several small musical intervals, such as the semitone

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek λεῖμμα ‎(leîmma)

Noun

limma n ‎(genitive limmatis); third declension

1. a semitone

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

References

• limma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “limma”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.