linea

līnĕa (līnĭa), ae, f. [linum], a linen thread, a string, line.

• I Lit.: nectere lineas, restes, funes, Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6: linia longinqua per os religata, Plin. 9, 17, 26, § 59: ligato pede longā lineā gallina custoditur, Col. 8, 11, 15: linea margaritarum triginta quinque, Dig. 35, 2, 26; cf.: lineae duae ex margaritis, ib. 34, 2, 40; and ib. 9, 2, 27 fin.: linea dives (of the strings of pearls which were thrown among the people at the public games), Mart. 8, 78, 7 (cf. Suet. Ner. 11).—
• • B In partic.
  • • 1 In a net, the threads which form the meshes: licia difficile cernuntur: atque ut in plagis lineae offensae, praecipitant in sinum (of spiders’ webs), Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.—
    • • b Transf., a net, Plin. 9, 43, 67, § 145: si feras lineis et pinna clusas contineas, Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5.—
    • 2 A fishing-line: tremulāve captum lineā trahit piscem, Mart. 3, 58, 27; 10, 30, 18.—Hence, prov.: mittere lineam, to cast a line, to fish for, try to catch a person, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 22 (1062).—
    • 3 A plumbline of masons and carpenters: perpendiculo et lineā uti, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1; cf.: ad regulam et lineam, Vitr. 7, 3; 5, 3; Pall. 3, 9.—Hence,
    • • b Ad lineam and rectā lineā, in a straight line, vertically, perpendicularly: solida corpora ferri suo deorsum pondere ad lineam, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 18; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 147; of the layers of stone in a wall: saxa, quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant, Caes. B. G. 7, 23: (ignis) rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolat, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40.—
    • 4 A region, tract: linea tam rectum mundi ferit illa Leonem, that region lies directly under the lion, Luc. 10, 306.—
    • 5 A bowstring, Ter. Maur. praef. v. 19.—
• II Transf., a thread-like stroke or mark made with a pen, pencil, etc., a line: Apelli fuit perpetua consuetudo, numquam tam occupatam diem agendi, ut non, lineam ducendo, exerceret artem, quod ab eo in proverbium venit (namely, the proverb: nulla dies sine linea), Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 84: lineam cinere ducere, id. 18, 33, 76, § 327: candida per medium folium transcurrens, id. 27, 11, 77, § 102: serra in praetenui linea premente harenas (of sawing marble), id. 36, 6, 9, § 51: nec congruebant ad horas ejus lineae (of the sundial), id. 7, 60, 60, § 214; Pers. 3, 4.—In geometry, a line: linea a nostris dicitur, quam γραμμὴν Graeci nominant. Eam M. Varro ita definit: Linea est, inquit, longitudo quaedam sine latitudine et altitudine, Gell. 1, 20, 7: locorum extremae lineae, Quint. 1, 10, 39: lineae, quae emittuntur ex centro, Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 165; 2, 16, 13, § 64: linea circumcurrens, a circular line, circle, Quint. 1, 10, 41.—
• • • 2 In partic.
    • • • α A boundary-line which consisted of a narrow path between fields, Hyg. de Limit. p. 151; 152 Goes. —
        • β In gen., a way, path: dedit sequendam calle recto lineam, Prud. Cath. 7, 48.—
      • b A barrier or line in the theatre, by which the seats were separated from each other: quid frustra refugis? cogit nos linea jungi, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 19; id. A. A. 1, 139: lineas poscere, Quint. 11, 3, 133.—
      • c A feature, lineament: adulti venustissimis lineis, Arn. 5, 179 al.—
  • B Trop.
  • • 1 A line of descent or kindred, lineage (post-class.): στέμματα cognationum directo limite in duas lineas separantur, quarum altera est superior, altera inferior, Dig. 38, 10, 9: clara gentis Linea, Stat. S. 3, 3, 43: primo gradu superioris linea continentur pater, mater, Paul. Sent. 4, 11, 1.—
    • 2 An outline, sketch, design (a fig. borrowed from painting): quidam materias latius dicendo prosequebantur ... alii, cum primas modo lineas duxissent, Quint. 2, 6, 2; cf. id. 4, 2, 120: ea quae in Platonis oratione demiramur, non aemulari quidem, sed lineas umbrasque facere ausi sumus, Gell. 17, 20, 8.—
    • 3 A boundary-line, bound, limit, end, goal: cum poëtae transilire lineas impune possint, Varr. L. L. 9, § 5 Müll.; Cassiod. Var. 3, 50: si quidem est peccare tamquam transire lineas, to go beyond the mark, pass the prescribed limits, Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20: mors ultima linea rerum est, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79: admoveri lineas sentio, Sen. Ep. 49.—Hence, prov.: amare extremā lineā, to love at a distance, i.e. to see the beloved object only at a distance, not be able to speak to her, Ter. Eun. 640.

līnea (in Hdschrn. u. Ausgg. auch līnia,) ae, f. (v. linum), Leine, leinener Faden, Schnur, I) eig.: A) im allg.: nectere lineas, restes, funes, Varro: linea longinqua per os religata, Plin.: margaritarum, Schnur Perlen, ICt.: linea dives, Perlenschnur, Mart. – B) insbes.: 1) lineae, in den Netzen die Fäden, die die Löcher bilden, Plin. 11, 82. – meton., das Netz, Sen. de clem. 1, 12, 5. Plin. 9, 145. – 2) die Angelschnur, Mart. 3, 58, 27 u.a. – Sprichw., sensim mittam lineam, ich will die Angel auswerfen, ihn zu fangen suchen, Plaut. most. 1070. – 3) die Schnur der Werkleute, die Richtschnur, lineā discere uti, Cic.: ad regulam et lineam...ad normam, Vitr.: dah. ad lineam, in gerader Linie, senkrecht, perpendikulär, Cic.: u. so rectis lineis, Cic. – 4) die Sehne des Bogens, Terent. Maur. praef. v. 19. – II) übtr., der Strich, Zug mit Feder oder Pinsel usw., die Linie, A) im allg.: a) eig., in der Geometrie, Varro: circumcurrens, Kreislinie, Quint.: lineam scribere, Cic.: in der Malerei, lineam ex colore ducere, Quint.: lineam cinere ducere, Plin.: lineae extremae, der Umriß, die Konturen, Plin. – Sprichw., nulla dies sine linea, kein Tag ohne Pinselstrich, nach Plin. 35, 84. – albā, ut dicitur, lineā, ohne Wahl u. Unterschied, Gell. praef. § 11. – albā lineā signare, auf weißer Tafel einen weißen Strich, d.i. in etw. keinen Unterschied machen, Lucil. 831. – b) bildl., der äußere Umriß, die Skizze, der Entwurf, primas lineas ducere, Quint.: affectus non consumere, sed tamen velut primis lineis designare, Quint.: lineas umbrasve facere, Gell. – B) insbes.: 1) die Grenzlinie; dah. übh. der Weg, Pfad, Prud. cath. 7, 48. – übtr., die Linie der Verwandtschaft, Stat. u. ICt. – 2) (wie γραμμή) die vor den Schranken und am Ziele der Rennbahn gezogene Linie (eine Querfurche, die mit Kalk oder Kreide angefüllt war, s. Schmid Hor. ep. 1, 16, 79), alba linea in utrumque podium quasi regula directa producitur, Cassiod. var. 3, 51, 7. – bildl., si quidem est peccare tamquam transire lineas, die Schranken überspringen, gleichs. über die Schnur hauen, Cic. parad. 3, 20: cum poëtae transilire lineas impune possint, Varro LL. 9, 5: propioribus tamen, ut ita dicam, lineis Haterii Rufi equitis Romani somnium certo eventu admonitum est, noch kürzer war der Zeitraum, innerhalb dessen usw., Val. Max. 1, 7, 8. – u. v. der Linie am Ziele = das Ziel, Ende, mors ultima linea rerum est, Hor.: quia admoveri lineas sentio, das Ziel nahe fühle = bald sterben werde, Sen. – Sprichw., extremā lineā amare, von fern lieben, seine Geliebte nur sehen dürfen, Ter. eun. 640. – 3) die tiefen Einschnitte unten in den Sitzreihen des Theaters, wodurch die einzelnen Sitze voneinander getrennt wurden, etwa ³/₄ m breit,Schranken, cogit nos linea iungi, Ov. am. 3, 2, 19; art. am. 1, 141: übtr., lineas poscere, Quint. 11, 3, 133. – 4) lineae, die Gesichtszüge, klass. lineamenta, Arnob. 5, 31; 6, 10.

linea [CL], lina 1 flax, seed of flax plant, linseed. 1224 abstulerunt ab eo ‥ iij bussellos de ~eis (CurR) SelCWW 52. 2 artefact spun from flax fibre: a thread. b fishing line. c cord, rope. a ~ea, waebtaeg GlC L 248.  b †974 piscator ‥ cum ‥ ~a (v. carinula a).  c spartum ~ea GlC S 483; 1286 pro parvis ~eis ‥ emptis pro muris mensurandis et lineandis KR Ac 485/28 m. 3; 1302 in quadam ~ea pro fossa mensuranda, v d. Ib. 482/20 r. 20; 1325 habeantur eciam in eadem nave vij ancora de precio xxv li. et viij magne cable [s] unde tres fuerunt nove precio xl li. et similiter tres cabule vocate haunsers, viij ~e et ij handropes PlRCP A 1a m. 3. 3 cloth made from flax fibre, linen. b linen garment. 1249 in nova ~ea ad sacculos xij d. DCCant. DE/1; lene sive ~ee due, quas sc. sudaria seu pannos rasure vocamus Cust. Cant. 401; 1467 dabunt pro qualibet ~ia gracili per ipsos habita ‥ sex pisces albos Reg. Aberbr. II 156; 15‥ de centena ~ie albe ij d. ob. et de centena ~ie late mensure. et de centena ~ie stricte mensure j d. ob. Gild Merch. II 44.  b tunica et ~ea stricta, i. e. camisia, totum corpus operiunt Bede Tab. 466; oportet te, inquit, ‥ ecclesias numero octoginta nudis pedibus et absque ~eis circumire Ailr. Ed. Conf. 764C; cepit ‥ esu carnium et ~eis abstinere W. Newb. HA II 21 p. 151; capite more Walensico tenui pallio et virgeis ac variis ~eis discolorato desuper cohoperto Gir. SD 8; linea coccinea duplex retro pendet et ante Garl. Myst. Eccl. 437; equites ‥ Scotorum omnes ~eis super arma sua ‥ induti erant Trevet Ann. 409; cum ~ea qua indutus mortem perpessus fuerat NLA II 694. 4 line drawn on surface: a (geom.); b (on folio of manuscript); c (on mus. stave); d (on mus. note). a axis, ~ea recta quae per mediam pilam spere tendit Gl. Leid. 44. 3; ~ea est longitudo sine latitudine Adel. Elem. I def. 2; ~eas a centris usque ad circumferentias productas Ib. III 28; ~ee ergo ET portionem, que ipsaque DE ~ea brevior est, in rectum adiicio EC, et fiet ~ea TC equalis TG ~ee, unde quadratum Rob. Angl. (I) Alg. 82; docuere [Parisius] infinitam esse ~eam et nullam ~eam esse infinitam, salva pace Aristotelis Neckam NR II 173 p. 303; geometra ostendens ~eam visibilem non de illa sed de intelligibili ~ea demonstrat Gros. Cess. Leg. I 10. 5; et supponatur iste casus, quod A sit unum dividens cujus acuties sit superficies et non ~ea, et dividat AB, corpus pedalis quantitatis, gratia exempli, in una hora uniformiter Kilvington Soph. 24b.  b in iij ~eas per tabule medium e transverso in longitudine ductis Thurkill Abac. f. 56; Orthog. Gall. S 25 (v. linealiter c); Bacon Gram. Gk. 51 (v. dasia); albedo ‥ non patitur a ~ea, quia albedo et ~ea sunt omnino diversa secundum genus T. Sutton Gen. & Corrupt. 61; tunc ‥ ~ea secundum quod nigra potest pati ab albedine, quia album et nigrum sunt ejusdem generis Ib..  c tractus respicit longitudinem secundum quantitatem omnium spatiorum et ~earum Garl. Mus. Mens. 8. 6; moderni autem non ponunt literas nisi unam in principio ~earum, sed puncta quasi rotunda vel quadrata cum tractu vel sine tractu quandoque Mens. & Disc. (Anon. IV) 62; hec ~ea dividatur equaliter in 9 passus vel partes equales, et supra primum versus sinistram ponatur Γ Grecum Will. 16; dividere unum spacium per partes quinque, ‥ est valde difficile in strictis ~eis, sive spaciis etiam valde difficile Mus. Mens. (Anon. VI) 402; unde dictarum clavium semper una ~earum, linearis, alia spatialis; linearis pro eo quod ~ee applicatur, spatialis, pro eo quod spatium occupat Odington 95; pausa longe perfecte occupat tria spacia et tangit quatuor ~eas, id est regulas Wals. Mus. Mens. 84.  d de aliis duabus, que sunt [de]scendendo, et ultima stat ex altera parte ~ee cadentis vel jungentis et non jac[et] sub prima, sic perfeccionem ejus denotat Mens. & Disc. (Anon. IV) 42. 5 what is placed in or on a line or between lines: a line of script or verse. b file, one of parallel columns in math. or astr. table. c rank or file on gaming board. a aenigmatum capitula primitus quaternis versiculorum ~eis degesta Aldh. Met. 6; carauma [i. e. χάραγμα], scripta ~ea GlC C 13; p792 solutisque sigillis, avidis oculorum obtutibus per singulas ~eas iter aperui Alcuin Ep. 86; 940 ut nostra jam veraciter preferta suprascripta est in ~ea traditio quod in eternum manebit CS 761; Wulf. Æthelwold 36 (v. exsufflare 2c); quis scripsit paginam hanc aut ~eam istam aut alphabetum hoc aut verba haec aut litteras has? Ælf. Bata 4. 26 p. 49; Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 263, etc. (v. gramma 3); 1198 respondet in proxima ~ea Pipe 78; si aliquid fuerit inter ~eas scriptum vel deletum Ric. Angl. Summa 32 p. 55; 1268 per Johannem primum testem in ix ~ia sue depositionis SelCCant 315; Orthog. Gall. S 23 (v. dissyllabare); notatores quidam solebant in cantu ecclesiastico semper inter duas scripturas vel inter duas ~eas scripture vel supra unam ~eam scripture quatuor regulas regulare ejusdem coloris Mens. & Disc. (Anon. IV) 60.  b quicquid in his computationum ~eis secundum regulas subscriptas inciderit, magis certum quam necessarium habeat Adel. Elk. pref.; Elveden Cal. 5 (v. dominus 9a); prima ~ea kalendarii incipientis primo anno domini millesimo cccmo octogesimo septimo docet ascendens mediae noctis SB 5; a sinistris descendendo ponitur ~ea numerorum graduum 30 signa Wallingf. Alb. 388; ponatur regula in zodiaco super talem numerum qualis reperitur. in eadem area contra 10 gradus de gradibus qui sunt in ~ea numeri Ib. 390.  c pedites igitur in una ~ea disponuntur Neckam NR II 184 (v. dispositio 1a). 6 line (real or imagined); b (marking a boundary); c (geog. & astr.); d (abstr. or fig., esp. as marking a standard). Carm. Aldh. 2. 156 (v. 2 eburneus b).  b murum ‥ construebant ‥ recta ab oriente in occasum ~ea Bede HE I 12 p. 27; 1469 cum ~iis suis et palis ligneis Melrose II 576.  c planetarum ‥ volubilitas, quae ‥ diverso ~earum tramite moderantur Aldh. Met. 3 p. 73; Adel. QN 71 (v. aequinoctialis a); W. Donc. Aph. Phil. 3. 37; Sacrob. Sph. 88–9 (v. 1 eclipticus 2); inhabitantes ‥ sub ~ea equinoctiali pulsum habent mediocrem Bart. Angl. III 24; in ~ea meridionali Bacon IV 431; hoc genus querendi ~eam meridionalem per solem optimum est quando sol est prope tropicos Wallingf. Rect. 420; move ipsam terciam tibiam sub ~ea meridiana Ib. 424; sub aequatoris ~ea More Ut. 30.  d si qui ‥ a fidei tramite exorbitarent, ‥ erroneos revocabat ad ~eam W. Malm. GR V 411; a1160 nec eum ex conscientia credimus in lesionem alterius transgredi ~eam equitatis (Lit. Archiep.) Ep. J. Sal. I 48; diameros, recta ~ea loquendi Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 175; probacio, quia ‘infinitum’ concipitur a nobis per finitum, ‘finitum’ per ~eam, vel aliquod tale objectum, movens ad conceptum passionis. igitur conceptus infiniti est imperfectior conceptu ~ee Duns Ord. III 35. 7 land between boundary lines, row, strip. a1187 in longa ~ea ij acre terre Cart. Beauchamp 181; debent ‥ iij lyneas fimi spargere Cust. Battle 55. 8 line (of perception or movement) course, trace, trajectory. domum [sc. ecclesiae] columnis variis ‥ suffultam, mirabilique longitudine et altitudine murorum ornatam, et ~earum variis anfractibus viarum, aliquando sursum, aliquando deorsum per cocleas circumductam Eddi 22; nullus gloriarum ejus [sc. Bede] sequax fuit, qui omisse monete ~eam persequeretur W. Malm. GR I 62; visu colloquio / contactu basio / frui virgo dederat; / set aberat / linea posterior / et melior / amoris P. Blois Carm. 10. 2a. 19; itineris ~eam obliquans Neckam NR II 159 p. 265; descendi ad aliam radicem cognitionis rerum, et est per multiplicationem virtutum agentium per ~eas reflexas Bacon Tert. 111; si aliquod grave cadat ab alto quantum a summo ceciderit, si posset ante casum ad terram, repelli a ~ea casus, non cadet gravius quam si cecidis set a loco in quo a ~ea casus est expulsum Holcot Wisd. 92. 9 line (of descent or heredity), lineage. nec unquam ejusdem regalis sanguinis ~ea defecit, nec in successione regni claudicavit W. Malm. HN 451; hec iccirco tantisper de generosa ejus sanguinis ~ea dicta sufficiant Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. 2; a Woden ~ea cognationis tue tenditur usque ad Getam Ailr. Gen. Regum 351; Hugonem ‥ et Oliverium fratrem ejus, quibus ~ea consanguinitatis conjunctus erat Mir. Fridesw. 12; per muliebrem ~eam reparatum est genus regium R. Niger Chr. II 146; progressus ~ee humane generacionis Gros. Cess. Leg. III 2. 5; J. Seward 96n (v. abnepos). 10 (point in a) succession, (place in a) series. ~ea singularium vadit de incompleto ad completum sicut ~ea universalium (Bacon) GLA III 128; cessare licet compotum conditionis urbis Romane, et ~eam Dominice Incarnacionis exercere Eul. Hist. I 351.

līnĕa (12) (līnĭa), æ, f. (linum), ¶ 1 fil de lin, cordon, ficelle : nectere lineas Varro R. 1, 23, 6, tisser des ficelles ; linea dives Mart. 8, 78, 7, riche collier, collier de perles || lineæ Plin. 11, 82, fils [qui forment les ouvertures dans les filets] ; [dʼoù] filet : Plin. 9, 145 ; Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 4 ¶ 2 ligne de pêche : Mart. 3, 58, 27 ; Pl. Most. 1070 ¶ 3 cordeau [pour aligner] : perpendiculo et linea uti Cic. Q. 3, 1, 2, se servir du plomb et du cordeau || [dʼoù] alignement perpendiculaire : ad lineam ferri Cic. Fin. 1, 18, avoir un mouvement de chute perpendiculaire || rectis lineis Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, en droite ligne ; ad perpendiculum rectis lineis Cic. Fato 22, en ligne droite perpendiculairement ¶ 4 ligne, trait [fait avec une plume, un pinceau, etc.] : circumcurrens Quint. 1, 10, 41, circonférence ; lineam scribere Cic. Tusc. 5, 113, tracer une ligne ; lineam ducere Plin. 35, 84, jeter qques traits sur la toile [peindre] || [fig.] primas lineas ducere Quint. 2, 6, 2, esquisser ; primis lineis aliquid designare Quint. 4, 2, 120, faire lʼesquisse de qqch. ¶ 5 [sens divers] : a) ligne [tracée à la craie, dans le cirque au bout de la carrière, c. creta ] : Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79 || [fig.] transire lineas Cic. Par. 20, dépasser le but, la limite, cf. Varro L. 9, 5 ; admoveri lineas sentio Sen. Ep. 49, 4, je sens sʼapprocher le terme [la mort] ; extrema linea amare Ter. Eun. 640, aimer de loin, se contenter de voir la personne aimée ; b) ligne de séparation des places au cirque : Ov. Am. 3, 2, 19 ; Ars 1, 14 ; [fig.] Quint. 11, 3, 133 ; c) traits du visage, c. lineamenta : Arn. 5, 31 ; d) ligne de parenté : Dig.

linea , ae. f.
缐。釣絲。墨斗線。一行椅。驚帘。一道。親戚之脉派。— margaritarum 一串珍珠。Ultima linea 終。Prima linea 初。Ad lineam vel rectis lineis 直然。Ducere lineam 書一行。Primas lineas rei ducere 計謀此事。描此物。Alba linea multa convertere 雜堆繁物。

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līnea (līnia) ae, f

• lineus, a linen thread, string, line, plumb-line: perpendiculo et lineā uti: ferri suo deorsum pondere ad lineam, perpendicularly: saxa, quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant, in horizontal courses, Cs.: (ignis) rectis lineis subvolat, vertically.—A line, mark, bound, limit, goal: extremā lineā Amare haud nil est, i. e. to see the loved one at a distance, T.: cogit nos linea iungi, i. e. the boundary of the seats(in the theatre), O.—Fig.: est peccare tamquam transire lineas, to pass the mark: mors ultima linea rerum est, H.

Linea

A thread. (1) (ὁρμία). A fish-line made of strong hair (seta) or flax (Mart. iii. 58, 28; Ovid, Met. xiii. 923).

(2) (στάθμη). A carpenter's chalked line (Vitruv. 3, 5).