Limia

Latin

The Limici lived along the Limia river, whose high course was in the past a shallow lake
View of the river

Etymology

From Gallaecian, from Proto-Celtic *līmo- (“flood; marsh”), from Proto-Indo-European *léymō (“lake”).

Proper noun

Līmia f (genitive Līmiae); first declension

  1. A river of Gallaecia, Hispania Tarraconensis, now called Lima in Portuguese and Limia in Galician

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular
nominative Līmia
genitive Līmiae
dative Līmiae
accusative Līmiam
ablative Līmiā
vocative Līmia

References

  • Curchin, Leonard A. (2008). "The toponyms of the Roman Galicia: New Study", Cuadernos de Estudios Gallegos, LV (121), pages 109-136.
  • Limia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Limia in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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