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plains it, made mention of it in the senate, 
(as we say, broached it), that, it might be 
assigned to some one, and, in this way, 
might have shown their cupidity. Id. 
Sexte (Clodi) noster, bona venia, quo- 
niam dialecticus es et hoc quoque li- 
gurris, h. e. have slightly touched, have 
paid some attention to; but here is a 
reference to the literal signification 
of the word vvitli a different applica¬ 
tion. 
LWOlUTia, and LIGuRRITIS (ligurio, 
or ligurrio), onis, f. lickerishness. Cic. 
LIGORITOR, or LIGuRRITCSR (Id.), oris, 
3 in. a lickerish fellow , an epicure, a sweet 
tooth. Macrobi - II Also, a licker. 
Mason. 
L1GCJS. See Ligur. 
LIGuSTICOS, a, um, adj. AiyvariKoy, 
Ligurian, of, from, in Liguria. Plin. In 
Ligustico mari est Corsica. Juvenal 
Saxa Ligustica. Varr. montes. — Li- 
gustos (like Etruscus from Etruria) 
found in a Cod. of Varro. -IT Subst, 
Ligusticum, i, n. lovage (Ligusticum 
Levisticum of L.), an umbelliferous 
plant. Colam. and Plin. It is called 
by Veget. de re Vet. 3, 82. Levisticum, 
Edil. Gesn. and Schneid. 
LIGOSTINOS, a, um, adj. same as Ligus 
ticus. Liv. — Ligustini, the Ligurians 
Plin. 
LIGOSTIS, Tdis, adj. Aiyvoris, Ligurian 
3 Sidon. gens. 
LIGuSTRUM, i, n. privet (Ligustrum 
vulgare of L.), a plant bearing a white 
flower, and growing in great abundance. 
Virg -if Plin. mentions another li- 
gimlrum, which some have thought to be 
the same as Cypros. (See Cyprus.) 
LiLIaCEOS (lilium), a, um, adj. made 
3 from, lilies. Pallad. oleum. 
L1LIITUM (Id.), i, n. a lily-bed. Pal 
3 lad. 
LILIUM (from \dpiov), ii, n. a lily. Plin, 
— Particularly, the white lily. Virg. Li¬ 
lia Candida, and alba. Propert. Lilia 
lucida, and argentea. Ovid. Lilia can- 
dentia. — But also of other colors ; for 
instance, rubens and purpureum. Plin. 
—~ ii In military architecture, a sort of 
fortification , consisting of several rows of 
pits, in which sharp stakes were set, so as 
(0 project four inches above the ground 
it is described by Cats. B. G. 7, 73. 
LILYB.iGUM, i, n. a promontory of Sicily 
looking towards Africa, now Boco ; also, 
a town near the promontory, now Marsa¬ 
la. Plin. and Cic. — Called by Prisdan. 
in Perieg. Lilybe. - If Lilybsus, a 
U>n, adj. Lilybceaii. Lucan, litus. — 
II Lilybatanus, a, um, adj. in, from, or 
tielongmg to Lilybceum, Lilybcean. Cic. 
~ ir Ldybeius, a, um, adj. Ai\v/3rj- 
I - M ’ Virrr. 
“MX (perhaps nl!ied'\vith \ei6io), at, f. a 
flle, invi). Plant, and Plin. -IT Fig- 
»r. as applied to literary composition, 
J i polish, finish, criticism, revision. Ho- 
S * °etarum lima; labor. Ovid. De- 
tu scnptis ultima lima meis, the last 
fc t le finishing stroke. Martial. 
ninmlJ '•. e L um J censoria docti lima 
linn ,pl erlt , Se , c ' mdi ’ Icl - Carolina rasa 
a a C j n !!l revised and polished. 
£'i„m Ch , arlte ad llmam consilii de- 
miW rv Pe ( ,° n3 distulit > e- that she 
a to tlle scrtltin y of reason 
“adjudgment; might weigh and ponder 
3 'clau^mn ( dm, ' s )> a > um, adj. made of 
Siimac’euT" 1 - ™ Primus h °~ 
LiMaRIcs (Id 
3 dime or mir e ’ ad J -pertaining to 
the water set,.} 1 ?' P ,sclna > ™ vohich 
LiMATE iwif* d , e P osit ° 
oraldv «,#»• ,^ S }’ a( * v ’ WL ^ L polish, elab - 
correctly. Ci ^efully, accurately, 
um, a di. volilhlT m f from 1'matus), a, 
LV. Opus est hfp r f ned \ subtile, chaste. 
indicia, 110 h'natulo et polito tuo 
LIMaTos 
— IT Adi’S P artici P- from limo. 
eJmmc t e 1’r r ' ifincd ’ elc Sant,fin- 
v » nostromn Mxeated, chaste. Cic. 
tl,atus - ILm. h FueHr ln ? u ^ anitate IU 
uent Lucilius comis, 
et urbanus, fuerit Iimatior idem quam, 
&c. Cic. Genus limatius dicendi. 
Martial. To gee limatus in usu, an adept. 
— Also, neat, plain, precise; of a style, 
which, though accurate and correct, 
does not abound in ornament. Cic. Li- 
mata tenuitas. Id. I irnatus oratione 
atque subtilis. 
LiMaX (perhaps limus), acis, m. and f. 
a snail, dew-snail, slug, that eats plants. 
Plin. and Colum. - IT Figur. Plant. 
of prostitutes, who prey upon the goods 
of their lovers. 
LIMBaTOS (limbus), a, um, adj. bordered, 
3 edged. Gallicn. ap. Trebell. Poll. 
LIMBSLaRIOS (Id.), ii, m. one who bor¬ 
’d ders garments. Plant. 
LiMBOS (unc.), i, m. the hem, welt, bor- 
3 dcr, edge, guard, or selvedge, of a gar¬ 
ment, Kpoeati;. Virg. and Ovid. — 
And of a weaver’s web. Ovid. -II Al¬ 
so, a band or belt; for instance, Varro, 
duodecim signorum, h. c. the zodiacal 
belt, the zodiac. Claudian. Frontem limbo 
velata, h. e. a head-band, riband, or fillet. 
Stat. Picto discingit pectora limbo, belt, 
girdle. 
Li MEN (perhaps limus, a, um), Inis, n. 
the threshold of a door; also the lintel, 
/3r/\6s, ovd6s. Plant. Limen superum 
inferumque salve. Plin. Imponere li¬ 
men foribus. Juvenal. Densos per li- 
mina tende corymbos, lintels. Virg. 
Superant vix limen, cross with diffi¬ 
culty the threshold. Propert. Limen 
Arabicum, of Arabian marble. Id. Non 
alio limine dignus eras, of no other 
threshold, h. e. no other mistress. Cic. 
Non existimo, illos tarn cupidos limi 
num meorum fuisse. - IT By sy 
necdoche, as with us, threshold, for the 
door, entrance. Cic. Fores in limini- 
bus profanarum tedium, janute nomi- 
nantur. Plaut.. Intrare intra limen ; 
and Juvenal. limen, to cross the threshold, 
enter the house. Juvenal. Limina subire. 
Id. Limine submoveor, lam thrust from 
the door. Virg. Miratur limen Olympi. 
— Hence, figur. Lucret. Leti limine ab 
ipso ad vitam reverti, from the very 
threshold or gates of death. Tacit. In li¬ 
mine mortis, at death’s door. Senec. A 
limine salutare, to greet in passing, h. e. 
to touch upon slightly, barely to touch. 
-IT Also, for a house, dwelling. Virg. 
Dulcia limina mutant, homes. Id. Se 
limine pelli. Liv. Limine contineri. 
Virg. Tua limina adirem. Id. scelera- 
tum, the abode of the damned below; the 
accursed habitation. — Also, an apart¬ 
ment, room. Ovid. Intrare limen.- 
IT Also, the starting point of a course, 
goal, carceres. Virg. -IT More gen¬ 
erally, the beginning, commencement, out¬ 
set. Tacit. In limine belli. Senec. In 
primo limine vitas (as we say), threshold 
of life. — Also (for the threshold is 
the place of departure as well as of en¬ 
trance), the end. Apul. In limine finite 
lucis (unless here finita lux should be 
taken as equivalent to nox or mors, in 
which case limen would mean entrance, 
gate). Justin. Instit. Limina in domo 
finem faciunt. — Or, a limit, boundary. 
Horat. Apuliae. Plin. Interni maris, 
h. e. the entrance of the straits of Gib¬ 
raltar. 
LIMENaRCHX (\ipevapxps)j *, m. the 
3 warden of a port. Pandect. 
LIMENaTIS. See Limnatis. 
IMeNTINOS (limen), i, m. a god, who 
watched over the threshold and lintel. Ter- 
tvll. 
LIMES (perhaps from limns, as crossing 
something ; or from limen, as affording 
entrance and egress), Itis, m. a cross¬ 
road, cross-path, by-road, strip of un¬ 
ploughed land serving as a path through a 
field or vineyard, arpands. Plin. Limes 
decumanus, one of the main paths or 
strips of land, from east to west. Id. 
transversus, a cross-path, narrower than 
the former, and intersecting it from north 
to south. -IT Also, a limit, boundary, 
for instance between fields, made either 
by a strip of unploughed land, a way, 
or a stone. Virg. Nec partiri limite 
campum fas erat. Id. Saxum antiquum 
ingens, limes agro positus, as a limit, 
landmark. — Figur. Stat. carminis. 
Quintil. Tenui limite dividi. — Hence, 
493 
the boundary, of one’s dominion, for in 
stance, h. c. that which makes the bound¬ 
ary, boundary wall. Tacit. Limi ten; 
scindere. — Also, difference, interval, 
distance. Ovid. Judicium brevi limite 
falle tuum.-IT Also, a path, way, 
road, lane, passage, in general. Varr., 
Ovid., Liv., and Colam. Also, Tcrtull. 
Limites Circi, h. e. passages between the 
rows of seals. — Hence, a way, path, 
passage, one makes for himself; with 
his sword, for instance. Virg. — And, 
figur. roaij, track, channel, train. Ovid. 
Attritus solitarum limes aquarum. Id. 
Solito dum liumina currant limite, 
channel. Cic. Ouasi limes ad coeli adi- 
tum patet, path. — Particularly of com¬ 
ets and meteors. Ovid. Stella trahens 
spatioso limite crinein, train, trail. 
Virg. Longo limite sulcus dat lucent. 
— Also, Ovid. Sectus in obliquum li¬ 
mes, h. e. the zodiac. — Figur. wav , 
track, course. Plaut. Si maledicetis, 
vostro gradiar limite, I will follow in your 
track, Pll do the same. So, Ovid. Euu- 
dem limitem agere, to use the same 
means. -IT Also, a line; for instance, 
on a gem. Plin. Nigram materiam dis- 
tinguente limite albo. 
LIMeUM, i, n. a plant, with the poisonous 
juice of which the Gauls anointed their 
hunting shafts (Ranunculus Thora, of 
L.). Plin. 
LIMICOLX. (limus & colo), re, m. or f. 
3 dwelling in slime or mire; an inhabitant 
of the slime. Auson. 
LIMIGENOS, a, um, or LxMIGENX (li- 
3 mus & gigno), eb, m. and f. produced in 
the slime or mire; slime-bom. Auson. 
LIMINaRIS (limen), e, adj. belonging to 
^ the threshold or lintel. Vitruv. 
LiMIS,_e,/»)- limus, a, um. Ammian. 3 
LTMITaNEOS (limes), a, um, adj. situate 
3 or stationed on the boundaries, frontier. 
Capitolin. civitas. Spartian. milites, 
stationed on the frontiers of the empire : 
(the lands which were bestowed on such 
soldiers were called Limitrophi agri or 
fundi. Cod. Just.) 
LIMITaRIS (Id.), e, adject. Varro. iter, 
3 h. e. a narrow way separating two contig¬ 
uous fields. 
LIMITaTIS (limito), onis, f. a fixing or 
2 marking out by boundaries; hence, a 
marking out, fixing, determination, pre¬ 
scription. Colum. and Vitruv. 
LIMITS (limes), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
2 mark off or divide by paths, &c., dijtopCjoo. 
Plin. Vineas limitari decumano XVlII 
pedum latitudinis.-IT Also, to set 
boundaries or limits to, to settle, finish, 
bring to a close. Varr. Limitata est 
pecuaria qufestio. 
LIMITR5PH0S (limes & rpitjxio), a, um, 
3 adj. See Limitaneus. 
LIMMX ( XeTppa ), atis, n. a semitone. 
3 Macrob. 
LIMNaTIS, tdis, f. an epithet of Diana. 
Tacit Ed. Em. has Limenatis. 
LIMNe (Xipvi)), es, f. a lake. Vitruv. 2 
LIMO, adv. See in Limus, a, um. 
LIM8 (lima), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to file, 
pivsco. Plin. gemmas. —— IT Also, to 
rub, whet. Plin. cornua ad saxa. Id. 
cornua arbore. — Hence, Plaut. Limare 
caput cum aliquo, h. e. to embrace or 
kiss each other. -IT Figur. to file, pol¬ 
ish, finish, take away what is superfluous, 
elaborate, sharpen. Cic. Quoedam insti- 
tui, quae limantur a me politius. Id. 
Neque haec ita dico, ut ars aliquid li- 
mare non possit. Id. Stilus et alia, et 
hoc maxime ornat ac limat. Id. Vide- 
tur esse jejunior, quoniam se ipse con- 
sulto ad minutarum genera causarun li- 
maverat, had qualified himself, by dili¬ 
gent effort. Id. Acumen arte limare, 
to subtilize, sharpen, give a keener edge or 
better temper. -•• IT Also, to remove by 
filing. Plin. Plumbum limatum, lead 
filings. Id. Scobs limata. — Hence, to 
file off, figur. h. e. to take away, rem.ovc, 
diminish, impair. Cic. Tantum alteri 
affinxit, de altero limavit. Id. Etsi de 
tua prolixa beneficaque natura limavit 
aliquid posterior annus. Horat. Non 
obliquo oculo mea commoda quisquam 
limat, h. e. deterit invidendo.-IT Al¬ 
so (as the file by removing the surface 
shows what is beneath), to bring to 
liirlit, delect, scrutinize, examine nan'owli: 
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