linea

• línea

From Latin līnea (“line, thread”), via Spanish línea in reference to the unit of length, from līnum (“flax”). Doublet of line.

linea (plural lineas or lineae)

1. (astronomy, geology) Any long marking, dark or bright, on a planet or moon's surface.

   The moons Dione and Europa have prominent lineae.

2. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 1.9 mm.

• (unit of length): Spanish line, line (Spanish contexts)

• (unit of length): punto (¹⁄₁₂ linea), dedo (9 lineas), pulgada (12 lineas), coto (54 lineas)

• A-line, Aline, Elain, Elian, Elina, Nelia, alien, aline, anile, elain, laine, liane

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ne.a/

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• Rhymes: -inea
• Hyphenation: lì‧ne‧a

From Latin līnea (“line, thread”), from līnum (“flax”).

linea f (plural linee, diminutive lineétta or (uncommon) lineìna)

1. line
2. dash (Morse code symbol)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

linea

1. inflection of lineare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• aleni, aneli, liane

• linea (Medieval Latin)

From līneus (“flaxen; flaxen [thing]”), from līnum (“flax”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.ne.a/, [ˈlʲiːneä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ne.a/, [ˈliːneä]

līnea f (genitive līneae); first declension

1. A linen thread.
2. Any line, thread, or string, particularly
   1. The warp and weft during weaving.
   2. A fishing line.
   3. A plumbline.
   4. A bowstring.
   5. (geometry) A geometric line [translating γραμμή (grammḗ)].
   6. A boundary line.
   7. A line of descent, a lineage.
   8. A line of thought; an outline, a sketch.
      • 1756, Johann Matthias Gesner, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

        Primae Lineae Isagoges in Eruditionem Universalem

        Introductions of a First Line into Universal Knowledge

      • 77, Apelles:

        Nulla dies sine linea.

        Pliny the Elder's Natural History

First-declension noun.

līnea

1. inflection of līneus (“flaxen”):
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

līneā

1. ablative feminine singular of līneus

• “linea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “linea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• linea 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)
• linea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “linea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

• IPA^(key): /liˈnea/ [liˈne.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: li‧ne‧a

linea

1. inflection of linear:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈlinea/ [ˈli.ne.a]
• Syllabification: li‧ne‧a

linea

1. Misspelling of línea.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlinea/ [ˈli.nɛ.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -inea
• Syllabification: li‧ne‧a

líneá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜈᜒᜌ)

1. Alternative form of linya