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1 meatus
mĕātus, ūs, m. [id.], a going, passing, motion, course ( poet. and post-Aug.).I.Lit.:II.solis lunaeque meatus,
Lucr. 1, 128:caeli,
Verg. A. 6, 850:aquilae,
flight, Tac. H. 1, 62:spiritus,
i. e. the breathing, respiration, Quint. 7, 10, 10:animae,
Plin. Ep. 6, [p. 1122] 16, 13.—Transf., concr., a way, path, passage, Val. Fl. 3, 403:B.meatum vomiticnibus praeparare,
Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 85:spirandi,
id. 28, 13, 55, § 197: cur signa meatus Deseruere suos, left their paths, i. e. became darkened, eclipsed, Luc. 1, 664:Danubius in Ponticum sex meatibus erumpit,
discharges itself through six channels, Tac. G. 1; cf.:bifido meatu divisus Rhenus,
divided into two channels, Claud. B. G. 336. —The avenues of sensation in the body:homo septem meatus habet in capite, duos oculos, etc.,
Mart. Cap. 7, § 739. -
2 limes
līmĕs, ĭtis, m. [root in līmus; cf. limen, and Gr. lechris; cf. Just. Inst. 1, 12, 5], a cross-path, balk between fields.I.Lit., the Romans usually had in their fields two broad and two narrower paths; the principal balk from east to west was called limes decumanus; that from north to south was called cardo;B.of the two smaller ones, that running from east to west was called prorus, the other, from north to south, transversus,
Hyg. de Limit. Const. 18, 33 and 34; Col. 1, 8, 7:lutosi limites,
Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 8. —Transf. (mostly poet.).1.A boundary, limit between two fields or estates, consisting of a stone or a balk:2.partiri limite campum,
Verg. G. 1, 126:saxum antiquum, ingens, campo quod forte jacebat, Limes agro positus, litem ut discerneret arvis,
id. A. 12, 897:effodit medio de limite saxum,
Juv. 16, 38.—A fortified boundaryline, a boundary-wall:3.cuncta inter castellum Alisonem ac Rhenum novis limitibus aggeribusque permunita,
Tac. A. 2, 7:limite acto promotisque praesidiis,
id. G. 29: penetrat interius, aperit limites, Vell. 2, 120.—In gen., any path, passage, road, way; also, by-street, by-road:4.eo limite Athenienses signa extulerunt,
Liv. 31, 39:profectus inde transversis limitibus,
id. ib.:lato te limite ducam,
Verg. A. 9, 323:acclivis,
Ov. M. 2, 19:limite recto fugere,
id. ib. 7, 782:transversi,
by-roads, Liv. 22, 12, 2 Fabr.; 31, 39, 5; 41, 14 init.: limes Appiae, the line of the Appian street (for the street itself), id. 22, 15, 11:limite acto (i. e. facto),
Tac. G. 29.—Of the channel of a stream: solito dum flumina currant Limite,
Ov. M. 8, 558; Prop. 5, 9, 60.—Of the track of light left behind them by comets, fiery meteors, torches, etc.:flammiferumque trahens spatioso limite crinem, Stella micat,
Ov. M. 15, 849:tum longo limite sulcus Dat lucem,
Verg. A. 2, 697; Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96:sectus in obliquo est lato curvamine limes,
the zodiac, Ov. M. 2, 130:latum per agmen Ardens limitem agit ferro,
Verg. A. 10, 514; cf. Sil. 4, 463; 9, 379; Stat. Th. 9, 182.—A line or vein in a precious stone:II.nigram materiam distinguente limite albo,
Plin. 37, 10, 69, § 184.—Trop.A.A boundary, limit:B.limes carminis,
Stat. Th. 1, 16:aestuat infelix angusto limite mundi,
Juv. 10, 169.—A distinction, difference:C.judicium brevi limite falle tuum,
Ov. R. Am. 325:quaedam perquam tenui limite dividuntur,
Quint. 9, 1, 3.—A way, path:si maledicitis vostro gradiar limite,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 18:bene meritis de patria quasi limes ad caeli aditum patet,
Cic. Somn. Scip. 8; Sen. Ben. 1, 15, 2:eundem limitem agere,
to go the same way, employ the same means, Ov. A. A. 3, 558.
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