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limen

English

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin līmen (“threshold”).

Noun

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limen (plural limens or limina)

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

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Galician

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Verb

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limen

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

Latin

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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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

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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

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Descendants

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

References

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  • “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[1], 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, volume 5: J L, page 343

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From lijm +‎ -en.

Verb

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limen

  1. to glue, to make stick with glue

Inflection

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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limen m

  1. definite singular of lime

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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limen m

  1. definite singular of lime

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From lim

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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lìmen (Cyrillic spelling лѝмен, definite lìmenī)

  1. (relational) tin, sheet metal

Declension

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indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative limen limena limeno
genitive limena limene limena
dative limenu limenoj limenu
accusative inanimate
animate 		limen
limena 		limenu limeno
vocative limen limena limeno
locative limenu limenoj limenu
instrumental limenim limenom limenim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative limeni limene limena
genitive limenih limenih limenih
dative limenim(a) limenim(a) limenim(a)
accusative limene limene limena
vocative limeni limene limena
locative limenim(a) limenim(a) limenim(a)
instrumental limenim(a) limenim(a) limenim(a)
definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative limeni limena limeno
genitive limenog(a) limene limenog(a)
dative limenom(u/e) limenoj limenom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate 		limeni
limenog(a) 		limenu limeno
vocative limeni limena limeno
locative limenom(e/u) limenoj limenom(e/u)
instrumental limenim limenom limenim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative limeni limene limena
genitive limenih limenih limenih
dative limenim(a) limenim(a) limenim(a)
accusative limene limene limena
vocative limeni limene limena
locative limenim(a) limenim(a) limenim(a)
instrumental limenim(a) limenim(a) limenim(a)

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Latin līmen.

Noun

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limen m (plural límenes)

  1. (poetic) threshold, doorstep
    Synonym: umbral

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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limen

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

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Swedish

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Noun

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limen

  1. definite singular of lime
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