limbus
English
Etymology
From Middle English limbus, from Latin limbus (“edge, border”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪmbəs
Noun
limbus (plural limbuses or limbi)
- (medicine, biology) A border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea.
Derived terms
- limbal
- limbal ring
Related terms
- limbate
Czech
Noun
limbus m
- limbo (place for innocent souls)
- Synonym: předpeklí
Further reading
- limbus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- limbus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- limbus in Internetová jazyková příručka
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly:
- from Proto-Indo-European *lemb- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”), the same tentative root as Sanskrit लम्बते (lambate, “hangs down”) and English limp,[1] a nasal-infixed form of *leb-;
- or from Proto-Indo-European *len-, whence Lithuanian linta (“ribbon”) and Old Norse linnr (“whether”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlim.bus/, [ˈlʲɪmbʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlim.bus/, [ˈlimbus]
Noun
limbus m (genitive limbī); second declension
- A border, edge
- hem, fringe, tassel
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | limbus | limbī |
| Genitive | limbī | limbōrum |
| Dative | limbō | limbīs |
| Accusative | limbum | limbōs |
| Ablative | limbō | limbīs |
| Vocative | limbe | limbī |
Derived terms
- limbātus
Descendants
Descendants of limbus in other languages
- Catalan: llimbs, limbe
- English: limbus, limbo, limbic
- French: limbe, limbique
- German: Limbus
- Italian: lembo
- Portuguese: limbo
- Russian: лимб (limb)
- Spanish: limbo
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “limbus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 341
Further reading
- “limbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “limbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- limbus 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)
- limbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “limbus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- limbus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “limbus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Middle English
Alternative forms
- lymbus, Limbus
Etymology
From Latin limbus; compare lymbo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlimbus/
Noun
limbus
- (Late Middle English, rare) limbo (waiting place for souls)
- Synonym: lymbo
Descendants
- English: limbus
- Scots: lymbus (obsolete)
References
- “limbus, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.