limes

English

Etymology 1

From Latin limes.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlʌɪmiːz/

Noun

limes (plural limites)

1. A boundary.
   • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 92:

     Their presence in the late fourth century on the River Main (immediately to the east of the Roman limes) is documented in Roman sources, as are their wars with the Alemanni.

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /lʌɪmz/
• Rhymes: -aɪmz

Noun

limes

1. Plural form of lime

Anagrams

• miles, Miles
• slime
• smile

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Danish

Noun

limes c

1. genitive singular indefinite of lime
2. plural indefinite of lime
3. genitive plural indefinite of lime

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Finnish

Noun

limes

1. (mathematics) limit, used mainly to read out formulas.

   $\lim_{x \to c}$ reads: limes x lähenee c:tä.

Declension

Declension of limes (type vastaus) singular plural nominative limes limekset genitive limeksen limesten limeksien partitive limestä limeksiä accusative limes limeksen limekset inessive limeksessä limeksissä elative limeksestä limeksistä illative limekseen limeksiin adessive limeksellä limeksillä ablative limekseltä limeksiltä allative limekselle limeksille essive limeksenä limeksinä translative limekseksi limeksiksi instructive – limeksin abessive limeksettä limeksittä comitative – limeksineen

See also

• raja-arvo

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French

Noun

limes f pl

1. Plural form of lime

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Galician

Verb

limes

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of limar

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Latin

Etymology 1

From līmus (“askew”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈliː.mes/

Noun

līmes (genitive līmitis); m, third declension

1. limit, border, path.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	līmes	līmitēs
genitive	līmitis	līmitum
dative	līmitī	līmitibus
accusative	līmitem	līmitēs
ablative	līmite	līmitibus
vocative	līmes	līmitēs

Descendants

English: limit Esperanto: limito French: limite Ido: limito Italian: limite

Jèrriais: lînmite Portuguese: limite Romanian: limită Russian: лимит Spanish: límite, linde

Etymology 2

Inflection of līmō (“sharpen, file”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈliː.meːs/

Verb

līmēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of līmō

Etymology 3

Inflection of līmō (“besmirch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈliː.meːs/

Verb

līmēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of līmō

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Spanish

Verb

limes (infinitive limar)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of limar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of limar.