linea

linea

See also: línea and lineá

English

Alternative forms

• línea

Etymology

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

Noun

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.

Synonyms

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

Coordinate terms

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

Anagrams

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

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ne.a/

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

1. line
2. dash (Morse code symbol)

Related terms

• a grandi linee
• allineare
• autolinea
• capolinea
• delineare
• guardalinee
• in linea
• in linea di massima
• in linea di principio
• in linea generale
• in linea teorica
• linea d'arrivo
• lineamento
• lineare
• lineetta
• lino
• pentalineo

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

linea

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

Anagrams

• aleni, aneli, liane

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Latin

Alternative forms

• linea (medieval)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.
   6. A boundary line.
   7. A line of descent, a lineage.
   8. A line of thought; an outline, a sketch.
      • 1756, Johann Matthias Gesner:

        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

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	līnea	līneae
Genitive	līneae	līneārum
Dative	līneae	līneīs
Accusative	līneam	līneās
Ablative	līneā	līneīs
Vocative	līnea	līneae

Derived terms

• līneālis
• līneāmentum
• līneāris
• līneārius
• līneō
• līneola

 

Related terms

• līneātiō
• līneus
• līnum

 

Descendants

• Friulian: linie
• Italian: linea
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: llinia
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: llinya
  • Occitan: linha
• Old French:
  • French: ligne
• Old Portuguese: linna
  • Galician: liña
  • Portuguese: linha
• Old Spanish: liña
  • Spanish: liña
• Romanian: ie
• Sicilian: lìnia
• Venetian: lìnia, ligna
• → Albanian: linjë
• → Belarusian: лінія (linija)
• → Bulgarian: линия (linija)
• → Catalan: línia
• → Czech: linie
• → English: linea
• → Lithuanian: linija
• → Macedonian: линија (linija)
• → Polish: linia
  • → Russian: линия (linija) (or from German)
• → Norwegian: line, linje
• → Old High German: linia
  • Alemannic German: Linge
  • German: Linie
    • → Danish: linje
    • → Norwegian: linje
    • → Russian: линия (linija) (or from Polish)
  • Yiddish: ליניע‎ (linye)
• → Old Irish: líne
  • Irish: líne
• → Old Swedish: linia
  • Swedish: linje
  • → Finnish: linja
• → Romanian: linie
• → Russian: линия (linija)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: линија

  Latin: linija

• → Spanish: línea
  • → Tagalog: linya
• → Ukrainian: лінія (linija)
• → Welsh: llinell

Adjective

līnea

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

Adjective

līneā

1. ablative feminine singular of līneus

References

• “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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

linea

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

linea

1. Misspelling of línea.