limbus

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English limbus, from Latin limbus (edge, border).

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limbus (plural limbuses or limbi)

  1. (medicine, biology) A border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea.

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Czech

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limbus m inan

  1. limbo (place for innocent souls)
    Synonym: předpeklí

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Further reading

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  • limbus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • limbus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • limbus”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Latin

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Possibly:

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limbus m (genitive limbī); second declension

  1. A border, edge
    Synonyms: margō, ōra
  2. hem, fringe, tassel
    Synonyms: instita, ōra, patagīum
  3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) limbo

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative limbus limbī
Genitive limbī limbōrum
Dative limbō limbīs
Accusative limbum limbōs
Ablative limbō limbīs
Vocative limbe limbī

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References

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  1. ^ 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

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  • 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], 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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin limbus; compare lymbo.

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limbus

  1. (Late Middle English, rare) limbo (waiting place for souls)
    Synonym: lymbo

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