limbus

English

Etymology

From Latin limbus (“edge, border”)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪmbəs

Noun

limbus (plural limbuses or limbi)

  1. (medicine, biology) A border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea.

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from the same Proto-Indo-European root as

  • Sanskrit लम्बते (lambate, “hangs down”) and English limp
  • Or Lithuanian linta (“ribbon”) and Old Norse linnr (“whether”).

Pronunciation

Noun

limbus m (genitive limbī); second declension

  1. A border, edge
  2. hem, fringe

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative limbus limbī
genitive limbī limbōrum
dative limbō limbīs
accusative limbum limbōs
ablative limbō limbīs
vocative limbe limbī

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • limbus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • limbus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • limbus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • limbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • limbus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • limbus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • limbus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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