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at the very entrance of the haven

  • 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.:

    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    A door, entrance:

    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.—
    2.
    Still more gen., a house, dwelling, abode:

    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.—
    3.
    Poet., the barrier in a race-course:

    limen relinquunt,

    Verg. A. 5, 316.—
    II.
    Trop., both entrance and exit.
    A.
    A beginning, commencement ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    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.—
    B.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > limen

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