limes

See also: Limes, limés, and limes'

English

Etymology 1

From Latin limes.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlʌɪmiːz/

Noun

limes (plural limites)

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

plural of lime

Anagrams

Imels, Liems, Miles, miles, milse, misle, slime, smile

Danish

Noun

limes c

genitive singular indefinite of lime
plural indefinite of lime
genitive plural indefinite of lime

Finnish

Noun

limes

(mathematics) limit, used mainly to read out formulas.
$\lim _{x\to c}$ reads: limes x lähenee c:tä.

Declension

Inflection of limes (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		limes	limekset
genitive		limeksen	limesten limeksien
partitive		limestä	limeksiä
illative		limekseen	limeksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		limes	limekset
accusative	nom.	limes	limekset
accusative	gen.	limeksen	limekset
genitive		limeksen	limesten limeksien
partitive		limestä	limeksiä
inessive		limeksessä	limeksissä
elative		limeksestä	limeksistä
illative		limekseen	limeksiin
adessive		limeksellä	limeksillä
ablative		limekseltä	limeksiltä
allative		limekselle	limeksille
essive		limeksenä	limeksinä
translative		limekseksi	limeksiksi
instructive		—	limeksin
abessive		limeksettä	limeksittä
comitative		—	limeksineen

French

Noun

limes f

plural of lime

Galician

Verb

limes

second-person singular present subjunctive of limar

Latin

Etymology 1

From līmus (“askew”). See also līmen.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.mes/, [ˈliː.mɛs]

Noun

līmes m (genitive līmitis); third declension

limit, border, path.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	līmes	līmitēs
genitive	līmitis	līmitum
dative	līmitī	līmitibus
accusative	līmitem	līmitēs
ablative	līmite	līmitibus
vocative	līmes	līmitēs

Descendants

Asturian: llende, llímite
English: limit
Esperanto: limito
Fala: lindi
French: limite
Galician: límite, linde
German: Limes
Hungarian: limesz
Ido: limito

Italian: limite
Norman: lînmite
Polish: limit
Portuguese: limite, linde
Romanian: limită
Russian: лимит (limit)
Spanish: límite, linde
Swedish: limes

Etymology 2

Inflection of līmō (“sharpen, file”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.meːs/

Verb

līmēs

second-person singular present active subjunctive of līmō

Etymology 3

Inflection of līmō (“besmirch”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.meːs/

Verb

līmēs

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)
limes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

limes

passive of lime

Portuguese

Verb

limes

second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of limar

second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of limar

Spanish

Verb

limes

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

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