limus

līmus, a, um (līmis, e, Amm.20, 9, 2; v. infra), adj. [Gr. λέχριος, λέχρις, λοξός; Lat. licinus, ob-liquus, luxus], sidelong, askew, aslant, askance.

• I Lit.: limis oculis aspicere, to look sideways, look askance, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 2 (1217): limis subrisit ocellis, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 33: (leones) nec limis intuentur oculis aspicique simili modo nolunt, Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52: limibus oculis eos contuens, Amm.20, 9.—So, limis aspicere (sc. oculis), Ter. Eun. 601: limi, et ut sic dicam venerei (sc. oculi), Quint. 11, 3, 76: oculi contuitu quoque multiformes, truces et limi, Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145: limi Di, the guardian gods of obliquities, Arn. 4, 132.—
• II Transf., of persons, looking sideways: neque post respiciens, neque ante prospiciens, sed limus intra limites culinae, Varr. ap. Non. 133, 31; cf. id. ib. 442, 33.—Hence, adv.: līmō, sideways, askance: leones numquam limo vident, Sol. 27, 20; for which: limis oculis in Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52 (v. the passage above).

līmus, i, m. [root lib-; Gr. λείβω, to pour; cf. Lat. lino; Gr. λίμνη, λιμήν], slime, mud, mire.

• I Lit.: atque omnis mundi quasi limus in imum Confluxit gravis et subsedit funditus ut faex, Lucr. 5, 496: luta et limum aggerebant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 212, 16: frumenti acervos sedisse illitos limo, Liv. 2, 5: profundo limo cum ipsis equis hausti sunt, id. 31, 27: amnis abundans Exit et obducto late tenet omnia limo, Verg. G. 1, 116: amnes Felicem trahunt limum, id. ib. 2, 188: limo Turbata aqua, Hor. S. 1, 1, 59: veteri craterae limus adhaesit, id. ib. 2, 4, 80.—
• • B Transf.
  • • 1 Excrement in the intestines, Pall. 3, 31.—
    • 2 Dirt, mire: limumque inducere monstrat, Ov. F. 3, 759.—
• II Trop., filth, pollution, etc.: pectora sic mihi sunt limo vitiata malorum, Ov. P. 4, 2, 17.

līmus, i, m. [perh. for lig-mus, from ligo],

• a girdle or apron trimmed with purple, which the sacrificing priests and other servants of the magistrates wore about the abdomen: velati limo, Verg. A. 12, 120; cf.: limus autem est vestis, qua ab umbilico usque ad pedes teguntur pudenda poparum. Haec autem vestis in extremo sui purpuram limam, i. e. flexuosam habet. Unde et nomen accepit. Nam limum obliquum dicimus, Serv. ad Verg. l. l.: licio transverso, quod limum appellatur, cincti erant, Tiro ap. Gell. 12, 3, 3.

1. līmus, a, um (stammverwandt mit limen u. ob-liquus), schief, I) v. den Augen = schielend, oculi, Plin. u. Quint.: ocelli, Ov.: limis intueri oculis, Plin.: limis (sc. oculis) aspicere od. spectare, Plaut. u. Ter.: ut limis (sc. oculis) rapias, quid etc., daß du hinschielend rasch wegbekommst, was usw., Hor. – Adv. līmō, von der Seite, videre, Solin. 27, 20. – II) v. Pers., von der Seite hinsehend, Varro sat. Men. 260. – ➳ Nbf. līmis, e, b. Amm. 17, 7, 13 (limes) u. 20, 9, 2 (limibus oculis); vgl. Donat. Ter. eun. 3, 5, 53.

2. līmus, ī, m. (lino), die Schmiere, I) der dünne Schlamm, der sich unten im Wasser setzt, Cic. fr., Verg. u.a. – bildl., malorum, Ov. ex Pont. 4, 2, 19. – II) der Kot, Unflat der Gedärme, Pallad. 3, 31. – III) der an etwas gestrichene-, sitzende Kot, Schmutz, Hor. u.a.: dentium, Cael. Aur. – ➳ Altlat. gen. comm., nach Prisc. 5, 42. – Nbf. līmum, Varro LL. 9, 54 codd. Gromat. vet. 82, 19.

3. līmus, ī, m. (1. limus), ein schräg mit Purpur besetzter Schurz, den die Opferdiener um den Unterleib zu tragen pflegten, Verg. Aen. 12, 120; vgl. Serv. z. St. u. Tiro bei Gell. 12, 3, 3.

1 limus [CL] , mud, mire, slime; b (as building material); c (as element from which creature is made); d (as type of degradation). ~us, humus GlC L 197; ~us, laam Ib. 239; W. Dan. Sent. 86 (v. infecundus c); ~us ‥ profundi non sustinens ‥ maris horrorem exinanitus est Map NC IV 12 f. 54v; si tibi [sc. jaspidi] nunc esset qui debuit esse repertor, / quem limus sepelit, viveret ante nitor Walt. Angl. Fab. 1. 6.  b 1336 computat in canevacio veteri empto in grosso ad ponend’ super hatches dicte galee v s. et in pice et bitumine et lymo emptis ad eandem [Galeam] ad dictum canevacium cum eisdem ponendum et tylatandum KR Ac 19/31 m. 5; 1351 pro ‥ meremio, sclatis, latthis, clavis et lymo [ed. transl.: ‘lime’] Rec. Elton 371.  c Cerne 137 (v. formator 1); nec jure de ~o perhiberetur factus homo, nisi ~us precesserit unde homo prodierit Pull. Sent. 717D; ex ~o suo varia animalium genera plasmata haberet Bern. Comm. Aen. 77; Quaest. Salern. B 3, 11 (v. eucraticus); Prometheus hominem de ~o terre formavit Natura Deorum 5; quid est considerata materia corporis homo nisi ~us? Neckam NR II 173 p. 294; Gros. Hexaem. VIII 18. 1 (v. 1 fictio 1).  d Adam de limo factus fuit et sine limo Garl. Myst. Eccl. 178; in ventre coeunt lutum et deitas, / ‥ / altum et humile, limus sublimitas Walt. Wimb. Carm. 57; cum fixam te cernas [ecclesia seu anima] in limo profundi J. Howd. Cant. 343.

2 limus [CL] , part of garment, farthingale. verdingale, ~us, i. hemicyclum, ~i Levins Manip. 17.

1 līmus, (15) a, um, oblique : limi oculi Plin. 11, 145, yeux qui regardent de côté, obliquement : limis (s.-ent. oculis) adspicere Pl. Mil. 1217 ; spectare Ter. Eun. 601, regarder de côté, du coin de lʼœil, à la dérobée, cf. Hor. S. 2, 5, 53.

2 līmus, (12) ī, m. , limon, boue, fange : Lucr. 5, 496 ; Cic. Fr. E 7, 5 ; Liv. 2, 5, 3 ; Virg. G. 1, 116 || dépôt, sédiment : Hor. S. 2, 4, 80 || déjections, excréments : Pall. 3, 31 || [fig.] boue, souillure : Ov. P. 4, 2, 17.

➳ n. limum Varro , Grom.

3 līmus, (16) ī, m. , sorte de jupe [bordée dans le bas dʼune bande de pourpre, à lʼusage des victimaires] : Virg. En. 12, 120.

➳ n. limum Tiro d. Gell. 12, 3, 3.

limus , i. m.
污泥。

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*limus, i. m.
腰带類。

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limus , a, um. adj.
斜。乜。Aspicere limis oculis 斜眼視之。

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līmus, i, m.: limo, mota, fango; frumenti acervos sedisse inlĭtos limo Liv essersi formati degli ammassi di frumento ricoperti di fango

seriolae veteris deradĕre limum Pers scrostare l'impasto fangoso che chiude una bottigliuzza di vin vecchio.

līmus (1) adj.

• 2 LAC-, sidelong, askew, aslant, askance: ocelli, O.: limis specto (sc. oculis), T.: ut limis rapias quid, etc., by a side glance, H.

līmus (2) ī, m

• 2 LAC-, an apron crossed with purple(worn by attendants at sacrifices), V.

līmus (3) ī, m

• LI-, slime, mud, mire: limum saxa trahunt, S.: frumenti acervos sedisse inlitos limo, L.: limo Turbata aqua, H.: Limus ut hic durescit igni, clay, V.: limumque inducere monstrat, O.—Fig., filth, pollution: Pectora limo vitiata malorum, O.

LIMUS

LIMUSwas the apron tied round the waist and reaching nearly to the feet worn by the popa, or slaughterer who attended on the priest at a sacrifice (Serv. ad Aen. 12.120), and by servi publici in general (Isid. Orig. 19, 33). Hence servi publici were known as limo cincti; and when (as in C. I. L. 5.3401) apparitores and limo cincti are mentioned together as attending on a magistrate, the former are free, the latter slave attendants (see Mommsen, Staatsrecht, i.3 324). It would appear from Gellius (Gell. 12.3, that the word licium was synonymous with limus, and he states that the lictors were girded with this limus or licium in former times; but Mommsen throws doubt upon this (Staatsrecht, 1.375), and thinks it arose from a confusion of lictors with servi publici and a desire to derive their title from licium, since lictors are never represented in such a dress. That the licium alone should be worn by a person seeking stolen property (whence phrase per licium quaerere) no doubt was arranged to prevent his bringing in the goods concealed in his dress (see Gell. 11.18, and cf. Gaius, Inst. 3.192).

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Limus

The apron worn by the popa, or person who did the killing at sacrifices, and by other servi publici, who were in consequence spoken of as limo cincti. See Serv. ad Verg. Aen. xii. 120; C. I. I. v. 3401; Orig. xix. 33.