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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. -
2 līmen
līmen inis, n [2 LAC-], a cross-piece, threshold, head-piece, lintel, sill: primo Limine, at the outer threshold, Iu.: Ter limen tetigi (an omen), O.: haec limina, Intra quae puer est, Iu.— A door, entrance: limen exire, T.: intrare: marmoreum, H.: fores in liminibus aedium ianuae nominantur: templi, Cs.: in limine portūs, the very entrance, V.: Ausoniae, border, V.— A house, dwelling, abode: contineri limine, at home, L.: limine pelli, V.: deorum Limina, temples, V.— The barrier (in a race-course): limen relinquunt, V.—Fig., a beginning: belli, Ta.: in limine victoriae, on the eve, Cu.: mortis, Ct.* * *threshold, entrance; lintel; house -
3 transversarium
cross beam, cross piece (of timber) -
4 vibia
vĭbĭa, ae, f., a plank, cross-piece supported on trestles (varae) so as to form a [p. 1985] bank;hence the proverb: sequitur varam vibia,
one error follows another, Aus. Idyll. 12 praef. monos.; v. vara. -
5 līgnum
līgnum ī, n [1 LEG-], gathered wood, firewood (only in plur.): ligna circumdare, ignem subicere: ignem ex lignis viridibus fieri iussit: ligna super foco reponens, H.—Prov.. In silvam ligna ferre, i. e. carry coals to Newcastle, H.— Timber, wood: hos lignum stabat ad usūs, i. e. to make tables, Iu.— A piece of wood, something made of wood: fisso ligno, spearshaft, V.: leges incidere ligno, a wooden table, H.: mobile, a puppet, H.: supervacuum, writing-tablet, Iu.: dolato Confisus ligno, plank, Iu.— A tree: nautis venerabile, V.: triste, H.* * *wood; firewood; timber; "stump"; gallows/cross; tree of the cross; staves (pl.) -
6 decussis
dĕcussis, is (also decus, i, a mutilated form used by the Agrimensores, p. 231, 243, and 265, ed. Goes.), m. [decem-as].I.The number ten: ex singularibus rebus, quae monades apud Graecos dicuntur perficitur decussis, Vitr. 3, 1 (cf. the art. as, no. I.).—Hence, * decussis sexis, or in one word, dĕcussissexis, the number sixteen, Vitr. 3, 1, 8.—B.Because the Roman numeral sign for ten was X, decussis was used to denote the intersection of two lines in the form of a cross:II.regula figitur in primo decussis puncto,
Vitr. 10, 11; Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 331. Cf. decusso and its derivatives.—(Acc. to as, no. II.) Ten asses; as a Roman coin, a ten-as piece, Varr. L. L. 5, § 170; Lucil. ib. 9, § 81 Müll.; Stat. Silv. 4, 9, 9; Fest. p. 237, 20 Müll. -
7 decussissexis
dĕcussis, is (also decus, i, a mutilated form used by the Agrimensores, p. 231, 243, and 265, ed. Goes.), m. [decem-as].I.The number ten: ex singularibus rebus, quae monades apud Graecos dicuntur perficitur decussis, Vitr. 3, 1 (cf. the art. as, no. I.).—Hence, * decussis sexis, or in one word, dĕcussissexis, the number sixteen, Vitr. 3, 1, 8.—B.Because the Roman numeral sign for ten was X, decussis was used to denote the intersection of two lines in the form of a cross:II.regula figitur in primo decussis puncto,
Vitr. 10, 11; Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 331. Cf. decusso and its derivatives.—(Acc. to as, no. II.) Ten asses; as a Roman coin, a ten-as piece, Varr. L. L. 5, § 170; Lucil. ib. 9, § 81 Müll.; Stat. Silv. 4, 9, 9; Fest. p. 237, 20 Müll.
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