limen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin limen (threshold).

Noun

limen (plural limens or limina)

  1. A liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological response.

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

limen

  1. inflection of limar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Latin

Etymology

Likely related to līmus (transverse, oblique), with the suffix -men. See also līmes.

Pronunciation

Noun

līmen n (genitive līminis); third declension

  1. threshold, doorstep, sill (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  2. lintel
  3. threshold, entrance, doorway, approach; door
    Synonyms: ingressus, iānua, initium, foris, porta, ingressiō, vestibulum
    Antonym: abitus
  4. house, home, abode, dwelling
  5. beginning, commencement
    Synonyms: initium, prīmōrdium, prīncipium, orīgō, rudīmentum, exordium
    Antonym: fīnis
  6. end, termination

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative līmen līmina
Genitive līminis līminum
Dative līminī līminibus
Accusative līmen līmina
Ablative līmine līminibus
Vocative līmen līmina

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Borrowed:
    • Italian: limine
    • Spanish: limen
  • Inherited:

References

  • limen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • limen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • limen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • limen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to cross the threshold: pedem limine efferre
  • limen”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • limen”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “līmen”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 343

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From lijm + -en.

Verb

limen

  1. to glue, to make stick with glue

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: lijmen
  • Limburgish: lieme

Further reading

  • limen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “limen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

limen m

  1. definite singular of lime

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

limen m

  1. definite singular of lime

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lǐmen/
  • Hyphenation: li‧men

Adjective

lìmen (definite lìmenī, Cyrillic spelling лѝмен)

  1. (relational) tin, sheet metal

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlimen/ [ˈli.mẽn]
  • Rhymes: -imen
  • Syllabification: li‧men

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin līmen.

Noun

limen m (plural límenes)

  1. (poetic) threshold, doorstep
    Synonym: umbral

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

limen

  1. inflection of limar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

limen

  1. definite singular of lime
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