limes

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Latin līmes. Doublet of limit. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlʌɪmiːz/ ==== Noun ==== limes (plural limites) A boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire. === Etymology 2 === Inflected forms. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /lʌɪmz/ Rhymes: -aɪmz ==== Noun ==== limes plural of lime === Anagrams === Imels, Liems, Miles, Selim, miles, milse, misle, slime, smile == Danish == === Noun === limes c indefinite genitive singular of lime indefinite plural of lime indefinite genitive plural of lime == Finnish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin līmes. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlimes/, [ˈlime̞s̠] Rhymes: -imes Syllabification(key): li‧mes Hyphenation(key): li‧mes === Noun === limes (mathematics) limit, used mainly to read out formulas. lim x → c {\displaystyle \lim _{x\to c}} reads: limes x lähenee c:tä. ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== raja-arvo == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lim/ === Noun === limes f plural of lime == Galician == === Verb === limes second-person singular present subjunctive of limar == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From līmus (“askew”) +‎ -es (“going”). See also līmen. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈliː.mɛs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈliː.mes] ==== Noun ==== līmes m (genitive līmitis); third declension limit, border, path. Synonyms: fīnis, modus, cacūmen ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. ===== Derived terms ===== līmitāneus līmitō ===== Related terms ===== līmen sublīmis ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === Inflection of līmō (“sharpen, file”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈliː.meːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈliː.mes] ==== Verb ==== līmēs second-person singular present active subjunctive of līmō === Etymology 3 === Inflection of līmō (“besmirch”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈliː.meːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈliː.mes] ==== 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “limes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “līmes”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 344 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === limes passive of lime == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈli.mes/ IPA(key): /ˈliː.mes/ === Noun === limes genitive singular of lim === Noun === līmes genitive singular of līm == Portuguese == === Verb === limes second-person singular present subjunctive of limar == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin limes. === Noun === limes n (uncountable) limes ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlimes/ [ˈli.mes] Rhymes: -imes Syllabification: li‧mes === Verb === limes second-person singular present subjunctive of limar == Swedish == === Noun === limes indefinite genitive singular of lime