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1 limen
līmen, ĭnis, n. [Gr. lechris, loxos; Lat. obliquus, līmus; hence prop. a cross-piece], a threshold; the head-piece or foot-piece of a doorway, the lintel or the sill (limen superum et inferum).I.Lit.:B.limen superum inferumque, salve,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1: limen superum, quod mihi misero saepe confregit caput: Inferum autem, ubi ego omnis digitos defregi meos, Novius ap. Non. 336, 14:sensim super attolle limen pedes, nova nupta,
Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 1:imponere foribus,
Plin. 36, 14, 21, § 96:ad limen consulis adesse,
Liv. 2, 48:curiae,
id. 3, 41:primo limine,
at the outer threshold, Juv. 1, 96.— Plur. ( poet.):haec limina, intra quae puer est,
Juv. 14, 45; 220.—The moment of touching the threshold was regarded as ominous:ter limen tetigi,
Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 55.—Prov.: salutare a limine, to greet in passing, i. e. to touch upon slightly, not go deeply into, Sen. Ep. 49, 6.—Transf.1.A door, entrance:2.ubi hanc ego tetulero intra limen,
Plaut. Cist. 3, 19:intrare intra limen,
id. Men. 2, 3, 63:intra limen cohibere se,
to keep within doors, id. Mil. 3, 1, 11:marmoreo stridens in limine cardo,
Verg. Cir. 222; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 73:fores in liminibus profanarum aedium januae nominantur,
Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 67:ad valvas se templi limenque convertisse,
Caes. B. C. 3, 105:penetrare aulas et limina regum,
the courts and doors, Verg. G. 2, 504:ipso in limine portae,
id. A. 2, 242; cf.:tremuitque saepe limite in primo sonipes,
Sen. Agam. 629:famuli ad limina,
doorkeepers, porters, Sil. 1, 66:in limine portūs,
at the very entrance of the haven, Verg. A. 7, 598:densos per limina tende corymbos,
Juv. 6, 52.—Still more gen., a house, dwelling, abode:3.matronae nulla auctoritate virorum contineri limine poterant,
in the house, at home, Liv. 34, 1:ad limen consulis adesse, etc.,
id. 2, 48:limine pelli,
Verg. A. 7, 579.—Poet., the barrier in a race-course:II.limen relinquunt,
Verg. A. 5, 316.—Trop., both entrance and exit.A.A beginning, commencement ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):B.leti limine in ipso,
Lucr. 6, 1157:in limine belli,
Tac. A. 3, 74:in ipso statim limine obstare,
Quint. 2, 11, 1:in limine victoriae,
Curt. 6, 3, 10; 6, 9, 17; 9, 10, 26:a limine ipso mortis revocatus,
Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 143; Sen. Ep. 22, 16; Just. 14, 3, 9.—An end, termination (post-class.):in ipso finitae lucis limine,
App. M. 11, p. 267, 18; cf.:limina sicut in domibus finem quendam faciunt, sic et imperii finem limen esse veteres voluerunt,
Just. Inst. 1, 12, § 5.
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